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DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
THE GENERAL CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Vol. VII
St. Louis, Missouri, Tuesday, April 26, 1988
No. 1
Some 2,600 Petitions Await Delegates Tomorrow
First worship, then work is today's
rder for General Conference members
pening the quadrennial session.
The first session for United
Methodism's third century begins, as
have previous assemblies, with the
celebration of Holy Communion.
Following the service, a bishop will call
the roll and organize the conference.
Delegates will adopt committee
nominations and the plan of organiza-
tion so that the 1988 General Conference
can get under way.
Agenda
Tuesday, April 26
1 p.m - Organ Prelude
1:30 p.m. - Holy Communion
2.45 p.m. - Organization of the
Conference
RoUCaU
Report of the Commission on
the General Conference
Report of the Committee on
Agenda
Nominations
Naming of Assistants to the
Secretary
Report of the Committee on
Plan of Organization and
Rules of Order
4:30 p.m. - Organization of the
Legislative Committees
6:15 p.m. Dinner and training
meeting for offices of the
Legislative Committees &
Legislative Coordinators
7:45 p.m. - Hymn Sing, Con-
vention Center
8:15 - Episcopal Address, Con-
vention Center
9:15 - Meeting of Legislative
Committee Officers and
Coordinators
At 4:30 p.m., the 12 legislative commit-
tees will meet to elect officers and or-
ganize. Newly elected officers will
gather for dinner and a briefing.
Bishop Jack M. Tuell will deliver the
Episcopal Address at 8:30 p.m. today.
Preceding the address, sizing up "the
state of the church," is a popular, old-
fashioned United Methodist hymn sing.
Some 2,661 petitions await delegates in
their legislative sessions. Conference
Secretaiy C. Faith Richardson reports
that figure is down from 4, 185 requests
Most of the first week will be spent in
legislative sections. Exceptions are the
Bishops' Hour at 8:30 each morning,
beginning tomorrow, and the Laity Ad-
dress at 9 a.m. tomorrow.
After proposals are considered and per-
fected in legislative sections, delegates
will convene in plenaries for the second
week.
On Saturday delegates can enjoy a spe-
cial celebration for Missouri Night
which will be observed at 7:00 p.m. Sun-
day.
A
The United Methodist Church
you to the city
) make your stay
Some of the most diversified branches of United Methodism have
roots in Missouri. At one time there were three Episcopal Area
Headquarters of our predecessor denominations located in the state.
There were several ethnic Conferences in Missouri. Sometime ago there
were significant groups of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the
Methodist Episcopal Church South, the Evangelical Unit
Church and the Methodist Protestant Church, all located in Misso
Now we are one people and are united in seeking to make your stay ■
us to be that which will be long remembered and which will ma>
positive spiritual and social impact upon the church for many year
experience. Because his heart was "strangely warmed"
founded has brought spiritual growth to nillions. It
hope that during your deliberations, decisions will be
enhance the spiritual growth of United Methodists for y
St.
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DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
April 26,1988
TRAINING SESSION
Immediately following the election of
legislative committee officers on Tues-
day afternoon, April 26, there will be a
two-hour training session to review their
various responsibilities. Chairs, vice-
chairs, secretaries, legislative committee
coordinators and the assigned volunteer
typists for the twelve legislative commit-
tees will gather in Room 260 of the Cer-
vantes Convention Center at 6:00 p.m.
Box lunches will be served.
Using a Training Handbook, prepared
over a two-year period by the Committee
on the Plan of Organization and Rules of
Order and the Secretarial Support Staff,
the group will divide into three working
sections:
1. "Presiding and Presenting Reports to
General Conference" led by Frank H.
Nestler, chair of the Committee on Plan
of Organization and Rules of Order; and
Jerry G. Bray, Jr., consultant
2. "Sorting Petitions and Choosing
Priorities" led by Frances M. Alguire,
chair of the Commission on the General
Conference; Paula Johnston, member of
the Commission; and Bruce P. Blake,
consultant
3. "Making and Processing Reports" led
by C. Faith Richardson, secretary of the
General Conference, Merrill W. Dren-
nan, coordinator of Calendar; D. Jean
Hanson, office manager; and Theodore
L. Agnew, consultant
A brief closing combined session will
give an opportunity for J. Richard Peck;
editor of the Daily Christian Advocate;
and Ronald P. Patterson, book editor for
the Book of Discipline, to clarify their
roles in the legislative process.
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John Ashcrof
GREETINGS:
Executive Office
State of Missouri
Jefferson City
April 26. 1988
Both personally and as Governor, it is my pleasure to extend a
warm, Missouri welcome to the delegates of the General
Conference of the United Methodist Church.
I hope during your stay you will have time to explore and
enjoy some of the many attractions offered by St. Louis. The
Gateway Arch stands as a monument to the city's role as
Gateway to the West during our nation's expansion and as
Gateway to the Future as our state continues to thrive and
grow. Whether you enjoy the thrill of professional sports,
exploring historic sites, shopping or sampling international
cuisine, St. Louis offers something to suit every taste, every
mood.
Throughout our nation's history, our churches have played a
vital role in the building of this great nation. Our democracy
is basically a moral concept, for without individual integrity
we cannot work together for the common good. As Christians,
we have a special role to play in helping to maintain the
values upon which our nation was built. I wish you success as
you consider the issues before you during your conference.
My best wishes for a pleasant stay in our state.
Sincerely,
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GOVERNOR
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DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
Workbooks, DCA available
Here's how to obtain copies of the Daily
Christian Advocate and the Advanced
Editions Workbook. These policies and
prices have been established by the Com-
mission on the General Conference.
Delegates. Copies of the Advanced
Edition Workbook were mailed without
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delegates. Additional copies of the
Workbook are available to delegates and
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Gene McNary
County Executive
Office of the County Executive
Saint Louis County
Clayton, Missouri 63105
January 27, 1988
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TO GENERAL CONFERENCE DELEGATES AND VISITORS:
The St. Louis Area is proud to host the General Conference of
the United Methodist Church April 26 to May 6, 1988. As St. Louis
County Executive, I extend a warm welcome to the delegates and
visitors who will be with us during the event.
I realize your time will be greatly consumed by the affairs
and concerns of your church body but I hope that each of you will
also have time to visit many of our outstanding attractions.
The St. Louis Area is proud of what it offers, both to its
citizens and visitors. Many of the attractions, such as the
Gateway Arch, the St. Louis Zoo, Cardinal baseball, St. Louis
Symphony, and Six Flags, are widely know, but there is much more.
The diversity of our area and its rich heritage in nearly every
field of endeavor virtually assures we have something of special
interest to everyone. We have many fine religious and educational
institutions of long standing; the Missouri Botanical Garden,
National Museum of Transport, Laumeier Sculpture and Forest parks,
among many others; the fine arts; notable architecture such as
Eads Bridge and the Old Courthouse as well as the new shopping,
dining, and entertainment centers throughout the area.
We feel we are
hope this will be
friendly and helpful metropolitan area and I
)nfirraed by you during your stay with us.
May your Conference work be meaningful and fulfilling and
your St. Louis experience be a pleasant one. My best wishes are
with you.
ly.
^•-.
Gene McNary
County Execut
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DELEGATES
BEWARE! In past
years, several per-
sons received nasty
cuts while attempt-
ing to insert the lat-
est DCA issue into
the binder (instruc-
tions for assembling
noted above). So, to
hold down business
at the first aid
office, take care
when using the
metal fastener!
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
April 26, 1988
BADGES IDENTIFY GROUPS
You can identify certain attendees of
General Conference by the colors of
their badges.
The following combination of badge
colors designate the following groups:
White & Red: Delegates
White & Light Blue: United Methodist
Bishops
White & Purple: Judicial Council
White & Dark Blue: Commission on the
General Conference
White & Green: General Secretaries
Blue & Blue: Conference Services
Salmon & Dark Brown: Local Commit-
tee
Canary & Dark Orange: Marshals &
Pages
Green & Dark Green: Reserve Delegates
BufT & Brown: General Council on
Finance & Administration
Cherry & Dark Blue: Board Staff
Ivory & Brown: Ecumenical Representa-
tives
Ivory & Light Blue: Spouses of Bishops
Ivory & Purple: Spouses of Judicial
Council
Ivory & Dark. Blue: Spouses of Commis-
sion on the General Conference
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January 19, 1988
Dear Friends, Delegates and Family Members:
As Mayor of the City of Saint Louis, I would like to extend
my warmest welcome to the delegates and visitors of the United
Methodist Church, who will be holding their General Conference
at the Cervantes Convention Center in St. Louis, Missouri from
April 26 to May 6, 1988.
While you are here, I hope you will enjoy the life and
attractions of our region, including the interesting
neighborhoods, entertainment and informative museums, sporting
events, downtown and riverfront attractions and so much more we
have to offer. We are a City of churches and their positive
contributions to this Greater St. Louis area are so important
and appreciated.
Best wishes for a most successful event. Enjoy your visit
to Saint Louis, we certainly enjoy having you.
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of the Convention Center
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Oral or projected announcements are restricted to the official
operation of the General Conference and its legislative and ad-
ministrative committees. Other announcements by groups (no
individual messages) can be taken to the DCA office (Room 127)
by 3 p.m. on the day prior to the publication date.
PERSONS WITH HANDICAPPING CONDITIONS
Sections of the hall have been set aside for persons with hand-
icapping conditions. Marshals will be pleased to direct those re-
quiring such seating to the appropriate sections.
April 26, 1988
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
Bishop Tuell to Deliver Episcopal Address
TRAVEL-EXPENSE VOUCHERS
A one-time attorney, five-time delegate
to General Conference and a 16 year
veteran in the Council of Bishops will
deliver the address on behalf of the coim-
cU.
Dr. Jack M. Tuell, resident bishop of
the Los Angeles Area will address the as-
sembly this evening at 8:15 p.m.
Bishop Tuell is a graduate of the
University of Washington (B.S. in Law,
1947), the Washington Law School
(LLB, 1948), Boston University School
of Theology (M.Div., 1955), and the
University of Puget Sound (M.A., 1961).
He has honorary doctorates from Pacific
School of Religion and Alaska Pacific
University.
Bishop Tuell was ordained elder in
1955 and served Lakewood Methodist
Church in Tacoma, Washington, from
1955-61. He was named superintendent
of the Puget Sound District in 1961 and
served on the cabinet until his appoint-
ment as pastor of First United Methodist
Church in Vancouver, Washington in
1967. In 1972 he was elected bishop and
MAIL TODAY
Need to mail a letter or buy some
stamps?
For your convenience, a post of-
fice will be located in the lobby of
the Convention Center. It will be
open Monday through Friday from
10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
MESSAGES
There is a bulletin board located
next to the Information Center in
the lobby of the Convention
Center.
assigned to the Portland Area. He was
assigned to the Los Angeles Area in 1980.
At present, Bishop Tuell serves as
president of the General Board of Pen-
sions. He is also a trustee for the School
of Theology at Claremont and Hawaii
Loa College. Previously he chaired the
General Commission on Christian Unity
and Interreligious Concerns (1980-84),
the Division of Ecumenical and Inter-
religious Concerns (1976-80), and the
National Division of the Board of Mis-
sions (1972-76). He has also been a
member of the General Board of Higher
Education and Ministry (1980-84) and
the Commission to Study Ministry.
Practical experience in the parish, a
full term as district superintendent, five
terms as a delegate of General Con-
ference, knowledgeable of mission work
in the U.S. and ecumenical relations
around the globe, administrative respon-
sibility for higher education institutions
and concerns, and some first-hand ex-
perience as an attorney - all combine to
give the Council of Bishops a first-rate
representative for the episcopal address.
How the Episcopal
Address is Prepared
The process for selecting the speaker
and determining the content of the epis-
copal address is a complex one.
Approximately a year and one-half
prior to General Conference, the Council
of Bishops elects, by written ballot, one
of its number to prepare and deliver the
address. That bishop seeks as broad an
input as possible, not only from other
bishops, but from clergy and laity of the
church as a whole. A first draft is
brought to the council a year prior to
General Conference for their considera-
tion, criticism and suggestions.
The bishop then brings a second draft
at a council meeting some six months
before (General Conference where once
again the process of criticism and sugges-
tion is carried through. Immediately
prior to General Conference a third draft
is brought to the council. At this time
there may be further suggestions, al-
though they are likely to be more
editorial in nature. The council then
votes to adopt the address as its own, and
the officers of the council are authorized
to sign the address on behalf of the entire
body.
The chair of each delegation has
received an envelope containing travel-
expense vouchers for each member of the
delegation.
Please read carefully the instructions
related to allowable expenses as shown
on the reverse side of the travel-expense
voucher. Any questions should be
directed to the Treasurer's Office, Room
272.
Complete these travel-expense
vouchers promptly and return to the
chair of the delegation for approval. The
chairs will bring them to the Treasurer's
Office, Room 272. The travel-expense
checks, in accordance with approved
travel -expense vouchers, will be delivered
to the chairs later in the first week.
Per diem expense vouchers will be dis-
tributed to the chair May 2nd. Checks for
per diem expense in accordance with ap-
proved per diem expense vouchers will be
delivered to the chairs before the close of
the conference.
All checks issued for travel expense or
per diem expense will be written on the
Mercantile Bank. Information concem-
NEED TO CASH A CHECK?
Checks issued for travel and per diem
expenses of the delegates may be cashed
with proper identification at the Mer-
cantile Bank, three blocks south of the
Alfonso J. Cervantes Convention and
Exhibition Center on the comer of 8th
and Locust.
Personal checks must first be ap-
proved in the Treasurer's Office (Room
272) before they may be cashed at the
Mercantile Bank.
The bank lobby is open from 8:30 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m., Monday thru Friday, the
closest MercantOe Bank branch open on
Saturday is at Arsenal and Kings High-
way in a Schnucks Grocery Store. The
branch Saturday hours are 8:00 a.m. to
9:00 p.m. Only these two locations of the
Mercantile Bank may be used to cash
checks.
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
April 26. 1988
Pennsylvania Engineer to Present Laity Address
Joan G. Nagle, an engineer from Mur-
rysville, Pennsylvania, will present the
1988 Laity Address. She was named the
winner of the contest on February 20,
1988, during the annual meeting of the
National Associaton of Annual Con-
ference Lay Leaders in Nashville.
Nagle is a senior engineer with the
Power Systems Business unit of West-
inghouse Electric Corporation in Pen-
nsylvania. She serves as editor of Trans-
action on Professional Communication,
a publication of the Institute of Electri-
cal and Electronic Engineers (IEEE),
and as a member of the IEEE Profes-
sional Communication Society.
A member of First United Methodist
Church in Murrysville, Pennsylvania,
Nagle has served as a Sunday School
teacher, choir member, family life coor-
dinator, UMW president, pastor-parish
relations chair, trustee, and lay leader.
In fact, she was the first woman in her
church to be elected to the positions of
trustee and lay leader. She presently
serves as director and first vice-president
of the board of the Western Pennsyl-
vania United Methodist Foundation and
as co-chair of the conference endowment
committee.
Nagle and her husband, Elliott, are
traveling enthusiasts and have toured 33
foreign countries and 45 states. Both
enjoy bicycling and camping. Mr. Nagle
is a research chemist with Aristech
Chemical Corporation. The couple have
two daughters: Emily Katherine Nagle, a
marketing director for a high-tech com-
munications systems firm in Los An-
geles; and Laura Nagle Baily, vice presi-
dent of a bank in San Antonio.
The search for the Laity Address was
launched during the 1986 annual meet-
ing of the National Association of An-
nual Conference Lay Leaders
(NAACLL). The group voted to launch a
churchwide search. Hoping to involve a
wider cross-section of United Methodist
laity, the association departed from ear-
lier approaches used for securing the
Laity Address. Multiple authors and mul-
tiple presenters had characterized the
1980 and 1984 Laity Addresses.
All lay members of The United
Methodist Church were invited to submit
manuscripts for the address, focusing on
the theme "Ministry of the Laity: What It
Means to Be Disciples Every Day." Con-
testants were instructed to submit their
manuscripts by June 30, 1987. Contes-
tants were not to place their names else-
where on the manuscript.
As each manuscript was received, the
cover sheet was removed; and the
manuscript was coded and forwarded to
a screening committee of ten United
Methodist laypersons.
According to Marcus Fang (Stevens
Point, Wisconsin), chair of the Laity
Search Committee, over 300
manuscripts were submitted by the dead-
line. Two came in from overseas: one
from the Philippines; the other from
Norway. The number of manuscripts
submitted by women and men was even.
In its first round of screening, the com-
mittee sorted out the top 43 manuscripts.
In a second round, the committee
selected the four top finalists, all women:
Mrs. Nagle; Gail S. Boyd of Fort Worth,
Texas; June Parker Goldman of Spirit
Lake, Iowa; and Kathy Trotter of
Marion, Indiana. The finalists' names
were announced last November.
The last round of judging for the Laity
Address Search took place on February
20, during the NAACLL annual meeting
in Nashville. A different panel of three
judges and one alternate judge made the
final decision. (All were United
Methodist laypersons - nominated by the
NAACLL and selected by its executive
committee. Those serving as judges were
Cecil D. Jones, Jr., head of the drama and
speech department at Vanderbilt
University, Nashville, Tennessee; Thel-
ma Monbarren, public relations director
at United Theological Seminary in
Dayton, Ohio; Samuel Wong of
Springfield, Virginia, a China expert
with the U. S. Department of Agricul-
ture; and alternate Carol Dinges, a
speech and English teacher at Linn-Ben-
ton College in Lebanon, Oregon.
The lay leaders and judges heard the
four finalists present their .speeches, and
the winner was announced during a din-
ner honoring all the finalists that eve-
ning.
"Cheryl A. Capshaw
Temporary Seating of Reserves
It is presumed that the elected
delegates as printed in the Delegate
Handbook will serve through the Con-
ference. Where deaths or resignations
have occurred since publication of the
Handbook, the heads of each delegation
have reported and monitored the re-
placement by reserves in the order of
election. Where a permanent change
was made, the credential, the badge, and
the DCA materials were properly shifted.
The head of each delegation has the
Temporary Seating Permit forms for
speciilc sessions for the "in-conference"
substitution of a reserve. Properly com-
pleted it will admit the reserve for that
specific session or day. At the close of
that day or session, the permit should be
turned into the delegation chairperson.
Clergy must replace clergy, and lay
reserves must replace lay delegates.
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DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
Worship Services
Tuesday, April 26
1:00 p.m. Concert: St. Mark's UMC
Choir, New York City
William Farley Smith, director
1:30 p.m. Holy Communion
Memorial Service
Preacher: Earl G. Hunt Jr.
Celebrant: Ernest Dixon
Liturgists: College Presidents
Wednesday, April 27
8:20 a.m. Concert: Ministers
Choir, West Ohio
Carol Ann Bradley, director
8:30 Morning Service
Preacher: James M. Ault
2:00 p.m. Choir Concert
2:25 Organ prelude
2:30 Afternoon service Preacher:
Zan Holmes
Liturgist: Lee Hamilton
Thursday, April 28
Jean Reynolds, director
8:30 Morning Service
Preacher: Woodie W. White
2:00 p.m. Choir Concert
2:25 Organ Prelude
2:30 Afternoon Service
Preacher: James I^ney
Liturgist: Hope Kawashima
Friday, April 29
8:20 a.m. Concert: Albricias En-
semble, Southern California
Raquel Achon, director
8:30 Morning Service
Preacher: Paul A. Duffey
2:00 p.m. Choir concert
2:25 Organ prelude
2:30 Afternoon Service Preacher:
Thomas Roughface
Liturgist: Elenor Richardson
Saturday, April 30
8:20 a.m. Concert: Clergywomen's
Choir, Baltimore Conference
Susan Beehler, director
8:30 Morning Service
Preacher: Fama Onema
2:00 p.m. Choir concert
2:25 Organ prelude
2:30 Afternoon Service
Preacher: Theodore W. Loder
Liturgist: Carolyn Johnson
Monday, May 2
8:20 a.m. Concert: Brentwood UMC
Youth Choir, Brentwood, Tenn.
Mark Acker, director
8:30 Morning Service
Preacher: Judith Craig
2:00 p.m. Choir concert
2:25 Organ prelude
2:30 Afternoon Service
Preacher: Duane Zimmerman
Liturgist: Rene Pino
Tuesday, May 3
8:20 a.m. Concert: Chancel Choir,
First Korean UMC, Chicago Sung
Soo Chung, director
8:30 Morning Service (Ecumenical
Service)
2:00 p.m. Choir concert
2:25 Organ prelude
2:30 Afternoon Service Preacher:
Hae Jong Kim
Liturgist: Betty Trumble
Wednesday, May 4
8:20 a.m. Concert: Emerson UMC
Choir, Indiahoma, Oklahoma
Franklin Cable, director
8:30 Morning Service
Preacher: John Wesley Hardt
2:00 p.m. Choir concert
2:25 Organ prelude
2:30 Afternoon Service
Preacher: Charlene Kamerer
Liturgist: Pedzisai Kangara
Thursday, May 5
8:20 a.m. Concert: Wesley Founda-
tion Choir, Florida State Univer-
sity, Tallahassee, Florida
Robert Jackson, director
8:30 Morning Service
Preacher: Ray L Sano
2:00 Choir Concert
2:25 Organ prelude
2:30 Afternoon Service Preacher:
Leonard Sweet
Liturgist: Jerry Richardson
Friday, May (
8:20 a.m. Concert: Manchester
UMC Chancel Choir, Manchester,
Missouri
Betty Gnaegy, director
8:30 Morning Service
Preacher: Calvin D. McConnell
William Farley Smith
The choir participating In todays
worship is from the St. Marks
United Methodist Church in New
York City. Dr. William Farley
Smith serves as the minister of
music, and choral director. During
its 1 17-year history, the choir has
sung at the 1964 World's Fair,
Radio City Music Hall, Carnegie
Hall and several seminaries.
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
April 26, 1988
All About You
A Report on Delegates to General Conference
Frances Willard and four of her sisters,
even though properly elected an even
100 years ago, lost their bid to become
the first women seated as delegates in a
Methodist General Conference.
However, today about one third (33.5%)
of this 996-member assembly are
women, or the first time in history, more
than half the U.S. lay delegates will be
women, as will 14 percent of clergy
delegates.
All but four of the 73 annual conference
delegations in the United States and
Puerto Rico will include laywomen, led
by West Ohio with 12. Clergywomen
delegates will represent 45 of the 73,
paced by Wisconsin with three.
By jurisdiction, the unofficial coimt is:
North Central--76 women of 206
delegates; Northwestern--70 of 182;
South Central~45 of 174; Southeastern-
-70 of 274; Western-28 of 68.
At least 10 delegations will be headed by
women. Several others elected women
first on either the lay or clergy side of
1987 annual conference voting, and
three-Missouri East, Rocky Moimtain
and Wyoming-named a woman first on
both sides.
In 1984 in Baltimore, 48 percent of the
U. S. lay delegates were women, and 9
percent of the clergy. As recently as
1972, no clergywomen and only 123
lajrwomen were among 912 General
Conference delegates gathered in Atlan-
Racial and Ethnic Backgrounds
The percentage of ethnic minority
delegates has increased from 11.2 per-
cent in 1984 to 16.7 percent this session,
according to a General Council on Mini-
stries survey. The largest ethnic
minority group is black, with 10.3 per-
cent of the U.S. delegates, compared to
8.2 percent in 1984. Several delegations
will be headed by ehtnic minority per-
sons.
Age
The ages of delegates range from 17 to
84, with an average age of 53.9. Lay
delegates average 55.6 years while clergy
delegates average 52.3.
Occupations
The most common areas of employment
for clergy are: pastors (73.8%) and super-
intendents (19.8%). Last quadrennium,
52. 1 percent were pastors and 30.4 per-
cent were superintendents.
Lay delegates represent 75 different oc-
cupations. The largest percentage are in
management and administration
(17.8%) and homemaking (13.5%). Fif-
teen percent are retired. These percent-
ages are about the same as 1984.
Past Experience
One third (33.8%) of the delegates are
attending their first General Con-
ference, a decrease from 40.3 percent
first-timers in 1984.
This and That
Of the total 996 delegates stipulated for
the St. Louis General Conference, all but
eight are United Methodists. These eight
represent three other Methodist bodies
with which the United Methodist
Church has a concordat relationship
calling for seating of voting delegates in
each other's top legislative assemblies.
Virginia and West Ohio have the largest
delegations-32 each. Next in line are
Florida and Western North Carolina
with 28 each.
Ten U. S. conferences are represented
by the minimum of two delegates-one
layperson, one clergyperson. Most con-
ferences in Africa, Europe and the
Philippines have sent two delegates
each.
For the first time, the North Pole will be
represented. The Rev. Keith Wise was
elected by the Alaska Missionary Con-
ference.
Richmond, Va., and Houston apparent-
ly will have the largest number of
delegates from any one city- 10 each.
Atlanta can count nine, and Columbia,
S. C, eight.
Longevity Awards
Leonard W. Slutz, a Cincinnati attorney,
may claim the longevity prize. He was
elected first in 1952 and has been in
every General Conference since, either
as a delegate or as a member of the Judi-
cial Council.
James Walker of Sequin, Texas, was
elected for the first time in 1960; Jerry
Bray of Chesapeake, Va., was elected in
1964.
On the clergy side, the Rev. Vernon
Bigler of North Tonawanda, N.Y., first
was a delegate in 1960 from what was
then the Northwest Indiana Conference.
The Rev. Charles A. Sayre of Haddon-
field, N.J., dates his service from 1964.
All longevity marks fade before that of
Bishop Nolan B. Harmon, Atlanta, at 95
the church's senior living bishop.
Bishop Harmon attended the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South General Con-
ference in 1930 as a delegate from Vir-
ginia.
All in the Family
If some of the delegates think they are
seeing double after 10 days of 18 hours,
they will have a reason. The Revs. John
Harnish of the Detroit Conference and
James Harnish of Florida are identical
twins.
In Iowa, the Rev. Leroy Moore and
Kathryn Moore, his wife, were the first
elected on clergy and lay slates, respec-
tively. Phil Carver, layman, is the son of
the Rev. Donald Carver, a clergy
delegate, and the son-in-law of Jo Anne
Campney, lay delegate.
Parsonage couples from other parts of
the nation include: The Rev. Warren and
Mary Ebinger, and the Rev. Walter and
Nancy Zabel, Baltimore Conference; the
Rev. Patricia and Robert Jelinek, North
Central New York; and the Rev. Vernon
and Patricia Bigler, Western New York.
North Indiana lay delegates include hus-
band and wife Kermit and Anita Bur-
rous. The Revs. Charles R. Armstrong of
South Indiana and Susan Keim Kester
of Peninsula are cousins.
The Revs. C. Garland Young and H.
Claude Young, Jr. of the Western North
Carolina delegation are brothers.
In the Oklahoma delegation, the Rev.
William Oden leads the clergy, and Tal
Oden, his counsin, an attorney, heads
the lay slate. The Rev. Mouzon Biggs, Jr.
of Tulsa is a clergy delegate, and his
father, Mouzon Biggs Sr., is on the Texas
Conference lay slate.
A television executive from North (Geor-
gia, Tom Jackson, is a great-grandson of
the late Bishop James Dickey.
-Robert Lear
AprU 26, 1988
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
What to do and see in St. Louis
Recommendations from a Gateway City native with a bit of history thrown in.
Diversity and expansion have been St.
Louis hallmarks since it was founded by
Pierre Laclede in 1764 as a French fur
trading center. Since then, the city has
grown to become the 14th largest
metropolitan area in the U.S., the
second largest inland port, the third
largest rail center, the sixth busiest air
center and one of the busiest hosts to
conventions, conferences and business
meetings (not to mention gatherings of
major religious bodies).
It's also a nice place to live. The recent
second edition of Rand McNally's Places
Rated Almanac, which ranked the
country's nearly 300 metropolitan areas,
placed St. Louis in seventh place. (And
this is spite of the city's notoriously hot,
muggy summers.)
Located just south of the confluence of
the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, St.
Louis City and County encompass 567
square miles with 2.4 million persons.
Cost of living in St. Louis is lower than
25 large metro areas.
Completion of the magnificant Gateway
Arch in the mid-1960s marked the
beginning of a significant renaissance
for the city's downtown area and
beyond.
The spirit has continued unabated.
Since 1985, It has led the nation in
redevelopment projects. This mxilti-mil-
lion dollar revitalization already has
brought about opening of four new
luxury hotels, three large shopping malls
and a nimiber of other new attractions,
with more on the way.
Attractions
Designed in the mid- 1940s by the late
architect Eero Saarinen the Gateway
Arch rises some 630 feet above the banks
of the Mississippi River and gently
returns to earth. Technically known as
the Jefferson National Expansion
Memorial, it's one of the nation's top 10
tourist attractions offering a breathtak-
ing view of the city. Each leg of the arch
has a passenger tram to cany visitors to
an observation room at the top. Admis-
sion: $2.50 for adults, 50 cents for
children. (NOTE: Avoid the tram ride if
you suffer from claustrophobia or
agoraphobia.)
Tickets for the tram may be purchased
beneath the arch, in the Museum of
Westward Expansion. Suggestion: Buy
your tram tickets early, as the arch ob-
servation area can only handle so many
at a time. You'll be told at what time your
ticket(s) will be called. Use the time
then to visit the museum, go over to the
Old Courthouse, or visit the Old
Cathedral, both within a short walk.
The Museum of Westward Expansion
offers visitors an insight into the
country's westward march, plus a look at
St. Louis life in the early 1800s. The
museum, which is free, also includes a
dramatic film presentation on how the
spectacular arch was built.
More examples of the city's commit-
ment to renovation can be found on the
St. Louis Riverfront, an area blending
the old and new. Perhaps the most strik-
ing new attraction on the river is the S.
S. Admiral. Once the nation's largest
river excursion boat, it recently was
given a $35 million renovation and a per-
manent home on the Mississippi banks.
Opened in March 1987 with a number of
unique entertainment and dining attrac-
tions, the complex did not fare well
financially and closed. It is slated to re-
open aroimd May 1.
Every visitor should tiy to take in a
short river cruise and no doubt many
General Conference delegates and
others will flock to the river on break
day, Sunday, May 1. Three picturesque
excursion boats make one-hour trips
from the levee throughout the day and
can also be booked for special evening
events including dinner cruises. These
are the Huck Finn, the Tom Sawyer and
the Becky Thatcher.
Also on the riverfront is the showboat
Goldenrod, a registered National His-
toric Landmark, where you can hiss the
villain and cheer the hero during perfor-
mances of old-time "meller dramas."
Authentic ragtime music can be heard
evenings on the Goldenrod and at other
places on or near the riverfront.
Other river attractions include the
U.S.S. Inaugural #242, a World War U
minesweeper open to the public ($1.75
adults, $1.25 children). For the more ad-
venturous, there are helicopter rides
which operate from a barge near the
minesweeper. (NOTE: The roadway
nmning along the levee is named Leonor
K. Sullivan Street; however, locals
probably still will refer to this as Wharf
Street.)
Just north of the arch riverfront area
(other side of Eads Bridge) is Laclede's
Landing where Pierre Laclede first
landed 224 years ago. Formerly an area
of abandoned, decaying warehouses, it
has since 1977 become a collection of of-
fices, restaurants, shops and lively loun-
ges in a 19th century rivertown setting.
And while you're there, pause a moment
to take in the splendor of Eads Bridge,
equally beautiful by day or when il-
luminated after dark. When local inven-
tor Jim Eads proposed it around the time
of the Civil War, critics said the bridge
couldn't be built. But more than 100
years later it's still standing, carrying car
and rail traffic, and proclaimed a Nation-
al Historic Landmark and an engineer-
ing-feat of worldwide significance.
When Eads announced he could build a
bridge to carry trains and traffic across
the river, critics scoffed. Among these
were river lobbyists who sensed a threat
to steamboat business. Ultimately his
proposal was the death knell for river
traffic With completion of Eads bridge
in 1874, the West was open to railroad
business.
Also downtown
Near the Cervantes Convention Center
are two of St. Louis' top attractions -
Union Station and the St. Louis Centre.
A standout among the city's renovation
projects. Union Station is a beautiful,
Romanesque-style train terminal built
in 1894 and once the busiest in the na-
tion. The last train departed in 1979 and
six years later the renovated complex re-
opened as a splendid festival
marketplace. It features numerous
boutiques and unusual shops, an array of
restaurants and areas for cultural perfor-
mances. It's a great place to shop for St.
Louis gifts, to eat and relax, possibly
hear the sound of a German band at the
Biergarten, or watch many of the skits
performed daily on an inside stage. Lo-
cated at 18th and Market about 19
blocks from the convention center,
Union Station would be a brisk walk for
many folks and a short cab ride for
others.
The St. Louis Centre, just two blocks
from the convention center, is another
"pride and joy" of the city. An elegant
place to shop, the $176.5 complex
opened in 1985 boasting 1.5 million
square feet of shopping and dining space
making it the largest enclosed
downtown shopping mall in the U.S.
The centre is anchored by two of the
city's major department stores, Famous-
Barr and Dillard's.
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April 26, 1988
For the sports fans
Also worth seeing downtown is Busch
Stadium, just a few blocks west of the
riverfront, home of the colorful baseball
Cardinals and not-forgotten football
Cardinals. At the stadium, sports fans
will want to visit the St. Louis Hall of
Fame offering displays and movies on
baseball, football, basketball, hockey,
golf, bowling and soccer. Across the
street is the National Bowling Hall of
Fame, a museum devoted to the history
of that sport.
Also nearby
A southside attraction many will find
worth visiting is the Missouri Botanical
Garden (popularly known as Shaw's
Garden) with its famous geodesic,
climate-controlled dome, plus a beauti-
ful Japanese Garden and other features,
4344 Shaw Avenue.
Military buffs can examine
memorabilia, uniforms, weapons and
other displays from World Wars I and H,
the Korean War, etc. at the Soldier's
Memorial and Military Museum at 13th
and Chestnut. And at 13th and Olive
nearby is the Main Public Library, an im-
pressive stone building in Italian Renais-
sance splendor.
If you're seeking a unique European
flavor and some fresh produce direct
from the farmer, check-out Soulard
Market at Lafayette Avenue and 7th
Street. This particularly is a fun place to
visit on Saturdays.
Shopping
In addition to St. Louis Centre, both
Famous-Barr and Dillard's have branch
stores in other parts of the metropolitan
area. And Plaza Frontenac, Sak's Fifth
Avenue and Neiman-Marcus head the
list of upscale stores (consult phone book
for locations). At St. Louis Galleria,
Brentwood at Clayton Road, shoppers
can buy East Coast fashions, eat at any
one of numerous restaurants and watch
a movie amidst the mall's beautiful
Italian marble setting. West Port Plaza,
in St. Louis County at 1-270 and Page, is
a collection of shops, restaurants and
theaters in a beautiful Alpine village set-
ting.
Forest Park
Forest Park, a short drive due west of
the downtown area on U.S. 40 or via the
Forest Park Expressway, is one of the
largest and most beautiful city parks in
the nation. Ideal for a Sunday afternoon
visit, it's a cultural community in itself
with a variety of free or low-cost attrac-
tions. The 1,300-acre park is home to the
world renowned St. Louis Zoo, the Jewel
Box Floral Conservator, Missouri His-
torical Society (home of the Charles
Lindberg memorabilia), the St. Louis
Science Center, the famous MunyOpera
(not open 'tU summer), the noted St.
Louis Art Museum, Stienberg skating
rink and other attractions. The Art
Museum was the only permanent build-
ing erected for the 1904 St. Louis
World's Fair held at Forest Park and is
the city's legacy of that event. The statue
fronting the Art Museum is of French
King Louis DC for whom the city is
named; it frequently served as the city's
unofficial symbol until erection of the
Arch in 1965.
Near the Forest Park area is
Washington University, known for its
School of Medicine and regarded as one
of the nation's top institutions of higher
learning. Also adjacent to the park on
Kingshighway are a number of the
nation's leading hospitals, including
Barnes Hospital which has United
Methodist ties.
Churches and synagogues
Houses of worship abound in St. Louis,
and DCA space permits only a passing
note. Of particular architectural sig-
nificance and beauty is the St. Louis
Cathedral (Roman Catholic), Lindell at
Newstead, with the finest collection of
mosaics in the western world. Tours are
given on Sunday at 1 p.m. There is also
the Old Cathedral and Museum on the
riverfront near the Arch; Christ Church
Cathedral (Episcopalian) 1210 Locust
downtown; Centenary United
Methodist Church, Mother Church of St.
Louis Methodism (at 16th and Pine
across from Kiel Auditorium, scene of
the 1970 adjourned General Con-
ference); and the strikingly-modern
Temple Israel at Ladue and Spoede
Roa^ in West St. Louis county.
Sight Seeing
While it's unlikely delegates will have
much sight-seeing time, there are none-
theless a number of worthwhile metro
area attractions within a relatively short
drive from downtown. These include the
National Musuem of Transport; Grant's
Farm (call for reservations); Six Flags
Over Mid-America at Eureka on 1-44;
Jefferson Barracks at Broadway &
Kingston, a historic military post with
the USA's second-largest National
Cemetery; and the Wabash, Frisco &
Pacific Narrow Gauge Railroad at Glen-
coe. For aviation/space buffs, there's
the McDonnell Douglass Prologue
Room. The aerospace, electronic and
computer giant is the state's largest
employer.
Other county attractions include Faust
County Park featuring a restored
carousel, one of only 10 extant carousels
handmade by the Dentzel Co. The park
also includes Thonhill, restored home of
Missouri's second governor.
Also worth seeing in St. Louis Coimty -
Laumeier Sculpture Park and Golden
Eagle Riverboat Museum.
St. Charles
A short drive north on 1-70 across the
Missouri River takes you to St. Charles.
Although enjoying monumental growth,
the city has preserved its historic river-
town heritage on South Main Street with
more than 60 charming shops, antique
stores and restaurants. History buffs will
wish to see the first state capitol of Mis-
souri on South Main, used from 1821 to
1826.
East-Side
The Illinois side of the Mississippi was
actually settled before St. Louis. In more
recent times, much of the metro area's
heavy industry (and air pollution) has
centered in East St. Louis. The East Side
sometimes has been known as the "St.
Louis safety-valve" - with its later bar
closings, horse racing and other
proclivities not normally addressed in
church journals.
Those in the mood to get away for a Sun-
day afternoon drive might wish to head
up to Alton, ni., along the Great River
Road for a look at the Alton Dam and
Locks, a visit to quaint Elsah and then
on to beautiful Pere Marquette State
Park.
Our DCA listing covers only St. Louis
area "high points" - consult readily-
available tourist and information guides
for specific information, times, prices,
etc. There is a tourist information center
on the riverfront. And the St. Louis Con-
vention and Visitors Commission is lo-
cated at 10 S. Broadway, Suite 300 -
phone 421-1023.
—James Steele
April 26, 1988
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
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St. Louis Attractions
Campbell House - 1508 Locust (421-
0325) $2 adults, $.50 children
Gateway Arch - Riverfront Area (425-
4465) $2.50 adults, $.50 children
Laumeier Sculpture Park - Geyer &
Rett Roads (821-1209) Free
Cathedral of St. Louis - Lindell Blvd &
Newstead Ave (533-2824) Free
Chatillon-DeMenil - 3352 DeMenil
Place (771-5828) $1.50 adults, $.50
children
Craft Alliance Gallery - 6640 Delmar
Blvd (call for reservation; 725-1 151) Free
Eugene Field House & Toy Museum -
634 South Broadway (421-4689) $1.50
adults, $.50 children
First State Capitol - 208-214 Main
Street (723-3256) $1.25 adults, $.75
children
General Daniel Bissell House - 10225
Bellefontaine (868-0973) $1 adults, $.50
children
Golden Eagle Riverboat Museum - Bee
Tree Park, Highway 270 (846-9073) Free
Hanley House - 7600 Westmoreland
(727-8100) -$1 adults, $.50 children
Hawken House - 1115 Rock Hill Rd. -
(968-1857) $1.50 adults, $.50 chUdren
Huck Finn, Tom Sawyer and Becky
Thatcher Riverboats, Riverfront (621-
4040) $5.75 adults, $2.75 children
Kramer's Marionnetes - 4143 Laclede
(531-3313) $2.50 adults, $2 children
Magic House - 516 S. Kirkwood Rd.
(822-8900) $2.50 adults, $2 children
Mercantile Money Museum - Seventh
& Washington Sts. (call for reservation;
425-4465) Free
Missouri Botanical Garden - 4344
Shaw (577-5100) $1 per person
Museum of Transport - 3105 Barrett
Station Rd. (965-7998) $2 adults, $1
children
Museum of Westward Expansion -
Gateway Arch (425-4465) Free
National Bowling Hall of Fame &
Museum - 111 Stadium Plaza (231-6340) $3
adults, $1.50 children
Old Cathedral - Second and Walnut
(231-3250) Free - Museum $.25
Old Courthouse - 11 North Fourth St.
(425-4465) Free
St. Louis Art Museum - Forest Park
(721-0067) Free
St. Louis Carousel - Faust Park (889-
3356) $1 adults, $.50 children
St. Louis Science Center - Forest Park
(289-4400) Free
St. Louis Sports - Busch Stadium (421-
FAME) $2 adults, $1.50 chidlren
St. Louis Zoo - Forest Park (781-0900)
Free
Sappington House - 1015 Sappington
Rd. (966-4700) $1 adults, $.50 children
Soldiers' Memorial Military Museum -
1315 Chestnut (662-4550) Free
Taille De Noyer Home - 1869 South
Florissant Rd. (524-1100) $1.50 adults,
$.50 children
Wabash, Frisco & Pacific Miniature
RaUway - Grand Avenue (587-3538) $1.50
adults, children under 3 Free
U.S.S. Inaugural #242 - 400 Leonor K.
(421-15U) $1.75 adults, $1.25 chUdren
The Gateway Arch halo's the Old Cathedral, the oldest cathedral west of the Mississippi, in the
Jefferson Memorial area In St. Louis.
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DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
April 26, 1988
St. Louis Scenes
GENERAL CONFERENCE delegates and visitors will find far more to do and see
in St. Louis than time will permit. These photos, courtesy of the St. Louis Conven-
tion and Visitors Commission, give a sampling of the Gateway City's many attrac-
tions, clockwise from top left: HISTORIC EADS BRIDGE spans the Mississippi from
Illinois to Missouri with the magnificant Gateway Arch framed between the water
and the bridge's first arch; DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT is a backdrop for a
variety of Riverfront attractions; exterior and interior views of the recently-opened
festival marketplace UNION STATION, 18th and Market; the world-famous ST.
LOUIS ZOO in Forest Park with more than 2,800 naturalistic exhibits {it's free!);
the MUSEUM OF TRANSPORT on Barrett Station Road near Kirkwood (St. Louis
county) gives visitors an opportunity to re-live 1 50 years of railroad history; this 18-
story, 180-ton gaint ferris wheel is one of many exciting rides at SIX FLAGS OVER
MID-AMERICA on 1-44 about 30 miles southwest of St. Louis; the ST. LOUIS
CENTRE, just a few blocks from the Convention Center, is a 100-store shopping
mall in the heart of downtown with four levels of speciality stores and a food court
with 20 different restaurants; the LAUMIER SCULPTURE PARK features 50 works
of art, 100 acres of beautiful grounds, Geyer and Rott Roads in St. Louis County;
and the largest traditional Japanese garden in North America is part of the MIS-
SOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN on Shaw Avenue on the near South Side of St. Louis.
-JAMES STEELE PHOTO LAYOUT
April 26, 1988
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
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St. Louis United Methodism Today
St. Louis is a city of contrasts, a new-
old metropolis looking back on days of
glory, yet yearning for reincarnation
into a new heyday. Its location at the
junction of river and rail transportation
brought it successive waves of ethnic
migrations in days past. Its present ac-
cessibility has kept its population fluid.
The rigid city boundary has meant a loss
of population in St. Louis per se, al-
though the metropolitan area has con-
tinued to burgeon to nearly 2 1/2 mil-
lion. The shift of wealth and commerce
to the suburbs is an old story oft
repeated, and the problems of dual
governance are not entirely unique. But
through it all the city has kept its iden-
tity as a center of culture, its visual and
performing arts a source of pride. Its zoo,
botanical gardens, museums and
baseball team have all drawn their share
of visitors, and the Gateway Arch has be-
come the symbol of urban rejuvenation.
Two Districts
The United Methodist Church in
today's St. Louis is divided into two dis-
tricts out of seven in the Missouri East
Conference. Together they represent
about 40 percent of the conference mem-
bership and half of the clergy appoint-
ments. Geographically the St. Louis
South District covers the southern half
of St. Louis City and St. Louis County,
Jefferson County and three-fourths of
Franklin County. The St. Louis North
District, in addition to its half of St.
Louis City and County, includes St.
Charles County and parts of Lincoln and
Warren counties. This means each dis-
trict has a mix of urban, suburban and
rural churches within a 50 mile radius of
the city center. Highway 40, running
east-west, is the dividing line between
the districts.
Four Agencies
The four major church supported
agencies are all technically in the South
District, but are equally supported by the
churches of both districts. These institu-
tions are Epworth Children's Home, a
residential treatment center for dis-
turbed, abused and neglected teenagers;
Gambrill Gardens, a partially govern-
ment-subsidized retirement community;
Kingdom House, a community center
that has served the near southside for
more than 85 years; and United
Methodist Metro Ministry, a somewhat
mobile mid-city agency that includes
legal, housing and job assistance, along
with direct services.
CENTENARY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH across from Union Station downtown at 16th and
Pine, could be termed the Mother Church of United Methodism in St. Louis. The congregation
was organized in 1839 and the present church built in 1869. The structure was one of a handful
of buildings left standing when the city launched a massive urban renewal program in the late
1950s. It continues as one of the landmarks in the redeveloped area stretching from the Missis-
sippi River through the downtown commercial district westward to Union Station.
South District Superintendent C.
Clark Leonard characterizes St. Louis as
a progressive city, but feels that the chur-
ches have not yet caught the progressive
spirit. South St. Louis has long been a
static area but mobility there is begin-
ning to pick up.
One experiment in church renewal
which seems to be working is the South
City Coooperative Ministry in which six
older churches have banded together for
strength and support. Three full-time
pastors serve the six churches in linked
pairs; other staff specialists are shared
and some programming is shared. Semi-
nary students and a diaconal minister as-
sist in program for the churches that
most could not afford alone. Leonard
says this has stopped membership
erosion and helped these churches stay
alive.
Mobility in the North St. Louis district
has been so swift and the situation so
fluid it has been hard to keep up with
developing problems, according to Su-
perintendent Richard J. Detweiler. He
feels that some sort of grouping will be
necessary for some of the Black churches
to catch a vision of the future. Eleven of
the 55 North District churches are
predominantly Black churches, three of
them in rural settings. (By contrast there
are only three Black and one Korean
church numbered among the 56 South
District congregations.) Integration has
been a strong emphasis in the Northern
district and nearly a dozen of the
predominantly white churches have
Black members, some in strong leader-
ship positions. So far only one cross-cul-
tural appointment has been attempted,
although several of the outlying charges
link a Black and a white church.
April 26, 1988
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
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Nine Bishops from state
At least nine bishops have been elected
from Missouri - most recently, Charles C.
Selecman, Ivan Lee Holt, Monk Bryan
and Louis W. Schowengerdt. Other Mis-
souri clergy and laypersons have played
prominent roles in the denomination's
boards and agencies.
Missourians joined other Methodists in
the changing outlook of theology in the
1920s. For example, the Rev. Walter
Hearn, born in Soochow, China, of
Southern Methodist missionary parents,
was challenged as unorthodox by other
missionaries. After being called back to
the United States, he began a 25-year
career as professor in what then was the
Missouri Bible College in Columbia.
The state has been the scene of a num-
ber of sessions of the top legislative as-
semblies of the United Methodist Church
and predecessor bodies. The Methodist
Episcopal Church, South's General Con-
ference met in St. Louis in 1850 and 1890;
the Methodist Protestant (leneral Con-
ference was held in Kansas City in 1896;
the Methodist Episcopal General Con-
ference met there in 1928.
In 1939, the Uniting Conference for the
three Methodist bodies was held in Kan-
sas City; a plaque in that city's mimicipal
auditorium commemorates the historic
occasion. The Methodist Church's 1944
General Conference was held in the same
place, and an adjourned session of the
United Methodist General Conference
was held in St. Louis in 1970. The latter
session made history when it was ter-
minated for lack of a quorum of delegates.
Area Connections
No overview of United Methodism in
St. Louis today would be complete
without noting its ties with the
denomination in the remainder of the
"Show Me State."
The city is home to the Missouri Area
resident bishop, currently W. T. Handy,
who has served since 1980. Bishop
Handy's office is housed within an ofTice
building on Lindell Boulevard just east
of the Chase-Park Plaza Hotel near
Forest Park. That facility also houses the
Missouri East Conference Council Of-
fice, the two St. Louis district supertin-
dents, the conference treasurer, and
others. Currently a fund drive is under-
way to erect a conference-area head-
quarters building in St. Louis County
which is expected to be more accessible
to other parts of the state.
The Missouri Area, which took on its
current conference configuration in the
early 1960s, traces its denominational
roots to 1816. It is now divided on a
north-south line which runs just west of
Columbia, home of the University of
Missouri and the location for many
statewide United Methodist meetings.
The Missouri West Conference, which
is the larger of the two, has its council of-
fice in Kansas City adjacent to Saint Paul
School of Theology. The conference
headquarters includes an office for
Bishop Handy's use when he is in the
city.
Today the Missouri Area counts ap-
proximately 213,000 church members -
93,500 in the East Conference and
119,400 in the West Conference. There
are about 1,000 congregations, of which
3,000 member Manchester United
Methodist Church in west St. Louis
County is the largest.
Institutions
Both conferences share in the support
of Central Methodist College in Fayette,
located about 30 miles northwest of
Colimibia. Established in 1857, it over
the years absorbed a number of smaller
colleges. CMC is the meeting place for
both the Missouri East and West Annual
Conferences. Formerly simply Central
College, it took its current name in 1961.
Other institutions connected with the
church in Missouri include United
Methodist Children and Family Services
in St. Louis, Ozarks Methodist Manor in
Marionville, and Batnes Hospital in St.
Louis.
The two conferences also support the
Area Office of Creative Ministries which
has been best known for its development
and promotion of the TRAG vehicle.
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widely used in Third World mission set-
tings.
The state also is the site of an official
United Methodist national historic
shrine -Old McKendree Chapel.
Believed to be the oldest Protestant
church building standing west of the
Mississippi River, it is located in the
southeast part of the state near Cape
Girardeau. Built in 1819 and restored in
1977, it stands in a grove of trees and is
protected from the weather by a steel
canopy.
Ecumenical Ties
One of the most notable attributes of
the United Methodist Church in St. Louis
and elsewhere around the state has been
its ecumenical stance; it has shown a will-
ingness to work with other denomina-
tions to accomplish goals of benefit to the
community. Whenever help is needed
from the religious community, it's a
foregone conclusion that United
Methodists will be involved, likely in a
leadership role. Sometimes this strength
becomes a weakness when it comes to
projecting or maintaining a presence that
the secular world can recognize. St. Louis
United Methodists are hopeful that the
General Conference will leave a positive
image in its wake.
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EMERGENCY INFORMATION
The Convention Center First Aid
Center is located in Room 114 off the
main lobby on the west side of the first
level.
Dial 5056 on the house phone or 342-
5056 from a pay or outside phone.
FOOD SERVICE
Cafeteria food service for delegates and
visitors will be available each day except
Sunday, May 1, in Hall A of the Conven-
tion Center.
Continental breakfast will be served
from 7:30 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. Sweet
rolls, doughnuts, juices, fresh fruit and
beverages will be available.
Lunch will be served from 11:00 a.m. to
2:30 p.m. Hot entree, cold sandwiches
and assorted salads will be available.
In addition, concession stands will be
open at various times during the con-
ference to serve the conference atten-
dees.
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St. Louis prepares for visitors
Local United Methodists began making plans early in '87
"Where do we rent wastebaskets?"
"How many gallons of cofFee do we need
to order each day?"
This is just a sampling of thousands of
detaOs facing a local General Conference
arrangements committee. And for more
than a year, a group of local St. Louis
United Methodists have been doing just
that and more.
"Nearly 300 church folks from across
the Missouri East Conference have been
involved in the effort and this doesn't
count the cookie bakers," Missouri East
Council Director Paul Schlapbach of St.
Louis, one of the key persons coordinat-
ing local arrangements. "We organized in
January of 1987 with three divisional
chairpersons, each with seven or more
coordinators to oversee specific areas,"
he added.
Heading the effort is Gregory K Poole,
a former Missouri East Council director
and now director of the Missouri United
Methodist Foundation. A seasoned ad-
ministrator, Poole has been determined
that local arrangements will not be a
one-person show. "Each of the three
division heads has a pretty good over-
view of the local arrangements, in addi-
tion to myself," Poole said. "If anything
should happen to one person, others
would be able to step in," he commented.
Poole, who also serves as administra-
tive assistant to Missouri Area Bishop W.
T. Handy, reviewed files from the 1984
Baltimore Conference and the 1980 In-
dianapolis event in preparing to welcome
thousands of United Methodists to the
Gateway City in 1988.
Working with the St. Louis group has
been General Conference business
manager DeWayne S. Woodring of In-
dianapolis, a veteran of three previous
quadrennial gatherings. "The Commis-
sion on the General Conference depends
greatly on the local committee to provide
many of the services required during the
time of the world-wide event," he ex-
plained. "The behind-the-scenes work
performed by host area United
Methodists not only means much to
those attending the conference, it is also
personally meaningful to those local
church members involved since they
have the opportunity to actively par-
ticipate in operation of the top law and
policy-making body of their denomina-
tion," Woodring added.
Cookie Patrol
You read it in the DCA first-Missouri
East United Methodist have set up what
may be the denomination's first-ever
"cookie patrol." "Each one of the
conference's seven districts is assigned
to provide cookies on one or more days
of the conference," noted council direc-
tor Schlapbach." Within each district,
the district lay leader is responsible for
mobilizing the 'cookie patrol' as vans cir-
culate throughout the region picking up
cookies the day before," he continued.
Providing cookies for the delegates'
lounge, the news room and elsewhere (as
in past conferences) will be no small un-
dertaking. "We're figuring on at least 625
dozen cookies needed for each day of the
conference," reported refreshment coor-
dinator Martha Ann Smith, a layperson
from Canton, Mo.
Catholics Assist
Ecumenical cooperation has been one
of the joys for the local committee. Par-
ticularly significant is the contribution
of St. Louis Roman Catholics, who have
made available St. Patrick's Church
across from the Convention Center for
afternoon concerts and worship services.
KEY MEMBERS of the local arrangements committee at St. Louis, from left: Gregory K. Poole,
chairman; Warren Meyer, hospitality; Nancy McMullin, treasurer; Paul Schlapbach, program;
and Robert Williams, staffing and equipment.
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Facilities
General Conference delegates and
visitors are expected to be favorably im-
pressed with the St. Louis Cervantes
Convention Center, according to Woodr-
ing. Opened in 1977, it will permit all
conference activity to take place under
one roof. (At Baltimore in 1984, legisla-
tive committee sessions were held in a
facility several blocks from the main con-
vention center.)
This doesn't mean there haven't been
problems. In addition to unexpected
hotel closings, the convention center es-
calator will be out of service. According
to Schlapbach, it is being replaced with
a new "people mover" device; however,
the work was not completed in time for
use by this gathering. Although elevators
are available for persons with handicap-
ping conditions, most delegates and
visitors will have to troop up a temporary
wooden staircase when going to second-
floor meeting rooms.
Those persons who must deal with on-
site activities at the center also have be-
come sensitive to St. Louis' strong union
regulations. For example, anything
which can be carried into the building
under one's arm is "OK," but if it requires
moving by two or more persons, you'd
better call the Teamsters!
St. Louis UMs also have learned first-
hand about the high cost of serving cof-
fee at the center. Missouri East
Treasurer Nancy McMullin, herself a
seasoned veteran of many General Con-
ferences, reports a single complimentary
coffee break costs more than $1,000.
A long list
Several m^or events which the local
committee planned for the conference
include: last night's innovative Bishops'
Reception using as its theme the 1904 St.
Louis World's Fair; a reception for
bishops' spouses at the episcopal
residence of Bishop W. T. and Ruth
Handy; the opening Service of Holy
Communion; and assembling a 450-voice
choir of youth and adults to be led by
Carlton R. Young in introducing the new
hymnal tonight. Also included have been
plans for bus tours of the metropolitan
area and arrangements for the Missouri
Area Event May 1, titled "Through
Church Windows."
As one of the three divisional chairper-
sons of the local committee, Schlapbach
heads the program division. The other
two division heads are laypersons. War-
ren Meyer, in charge of hospitality, is a
retired executive with the Southwestern
Bell Telephone Co. Robert Williams,
who heads the staffing and equipment
division, is an executive in supply and
management logistics with the Depart-
ment of Defense. Those three, along with
Poole and McMullin, are the key persons
heading local arrangements.
THE PROGRAM DIVISION includes
communion stewards and servers, the
bishops' reception, the Missouri Area
Event, preaching assignments, com-
munications, music assistance, and the
bishops' spouses reception.
THE STAFFING AND EQUIPMENT
DIVISION includes convention services,
equipment, translators, secretarial per-
sonnel, first aid and health support, post-
al services, and badges and packets.
THE HOSPITAUTY DIVISION in-
cludes supplemental housing, outside
security, information and message cen-
ter, delegates' lounge, local transporta-
tion and taxiing, refreshments, airport
welcoming, and Council of Bishops
hospitality.
-James H. Steele
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B Plan of Oranization and Rules of Order
C Proposed Changes in the Book of Discipline received from general agencies,
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and list of officially noted errata in 1984 Discipline
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Conference and related resolutions from annual conferences
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and GCOM) and related resolutions from annual conferences
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H-1 Reports and Recommendations from the General Council on Finance
and Administration
H-2 Quadrennial Financial Statement
I The United Methodist Hymnal
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A Grain of Mustard Seed
The Beginnings of Methodism in Missouri
George Washington was still President
of the United States and Missouri was
part of Spanish Louisiana when the first
Methodist services were held within its
borders. Tradition says that, because no
Protestant minister was allowed in
Louisiana, John Clark stood on a rock in
the Mississippi River to preach. More
likely, he was ferried across the river at
night by canoe. He rode through the
forests to a settler's cabin, where there
was preaching and prayer service till
nearly dawn. Then he slipped back
across the river to United States ter-
ritory in Illinois.
In 1804, the same year that Mr.
Jefferson's ambassadors bought
Louisiana from Napoleon, Joseph Ogles-
by was appointed to the Illinois Circuit
and told to cross into Missouri to see
what the prospects were for Methodist
work. Oglesby traveled up the Missouri
River as far as the Femme Osage, where
he spent some time with the Spanish-ap-
pointed judge of the territory, Daniel
Boone. Boone was not sympathetic to
his mission, but Oglesby still reported to
the Western Conference session of 1806
that there were 200 prospects for
Methodist work in Missouri That was a
daring statement, since there were only
200 English speaking people in Missouri!
But the circuit riders never lacked for op-
On the basis of Oglesby 's report, John
Travis was appointed to the "Missourie"
Circuit, which existed only on the list of
appointments. A year later he reported
two circuits, the Missouri and the
Meramec The Missouri Circuit had fifty-
six members, the Meramec fifty, of
whom six were black.
William McKendree, the presiding
elder of the Cumberland District, made
a tour of Missouri in the summer of 1807
and took part in a camp meeting near
Coldwater. This was the first camp meet-
ing west of the Mississippi, and also the
site of the first service of Holy Com-
munion celebrated by Methodists in Mis-
souri Tradition says that corn bread and
polk-berry juice, sweetened with maple
sugar, were used for the elements. It
seems clear that McKendree did
celebrate the Lord's Supper at this camp
meeting and that com bread was, in-
deed, used to symbolize the Body of the
Lord. But polk-beriy juice was used
mainly as an ingredient in ink, it was
mildly toxic, and, sweetened, with maple
OLD MCKENDREE CHAPEL
sugar, tasted awful! Still, the story
stands as a firm part of Missouri
Methodist tradition.
The Sunday school began as a part of
Missouri Methodism even before circuits
were organized. In late 1804 or early
1805, Mrs. Sarah Barton Murphy and
her family arrived near what is now Far-
mington. Joseph Oglesby visited her on
his tour in 1805 and returned in 1809 to
organize the Methodist class. In the
meantime Mrs. Murphy had organized a
Sunday school where she taught the
children of the area to read and write,
add and subtract. In a day when books
were dear, her reading text was the
Bible.
Three events of national importance
fell between the founding of the first cir-
cuits and the organization of the Mis-
souri Conference in 1816. The New
Madrid earthquake in 18 1 1, and the War
of 1812-1814, brought many new con-
verts into the churches as a result of the
widespread fear they caused. The grant-
ing of territorial status to Missouri in
early 1816 was more benign, but would
also ultimately lead to growth in the
church. One month later, the General
Conference brought into being the Mis-
souri Conference.
That first Missouri Conference in-
cluded Illinois, Indiana, and Arkansas,
as well as Missouri. Its western bound-
ary was fixed as "the remotest cabin
toward the setting sun." The very
description of conference boundaries
was a ringing call to mission and out-
reach. The circuit riders moved in all
directions. In 1813, William Stevenson
heard a "Macedonian call" and preached
the first Methodist sermon in Arkansas.
By 1815, he had organized a circuit in
that state, and was already preaching the
first Methodist sermon in Texas, at
Pecan Point. Pecan Point was added to
the appointments of the Missouri Con-
ference in 1818. But Stevenson's work
had only begun. He held the first Protes-
tant service in Oklahoma in 1815, and
organized a circuit in Louisiana in 1825.
A mission to the Kansas and Shawnee
Indians was begun by William and
Thomas Johnson in 1830. In 1849 Ger-
man-speaking Methodists in St. Louis
sent Ludwig Jacoby back to Germany to
begin Methodist work there.
Missouri became literally a "Mother of
Conferences." From the first optimistic
report of Joseph Oglesby the work
spread until twenty-one present day con-
ferences, plus the Methodist Church in
Grermany, as descended from the Mis-
siouri Conference in 1816
-John O. Gooch
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Additions & Corrections to
Advance Editions
Corrections to Advance Edition - Section A
standing Administrative Committees (A-13)
Committee on Reference
Remove: Cathy Lashford; replacement to be appointed
Standing Legislative Committees
Church and Society (A- 17)
Remove: Barrett, Nelda - Central Texas
Tulloch, Julie - Western PA
Add: Carroll, B. F. - Central Texas
Ernst, Sally - Western PA
Park, Pong Bae - Korea
Conferences (A-18)
Remove: Jordan, Bert - Mississippi
Discipleship (A-18)
Add: de Giordano, Dora M. - Argentina
Kim, Tae Yun - Korea
Faith and Mission (A- 19)
Add: Lee, Sung Bin - Korea
da Silveira, Joao Augusto E - Angola
General Administration (A-21)
Remove: Carroll, B. F. - Central Texas
Goldsmith, Stanley I. - Virginia
Add: Bergdoll, James R. - Virginia
Global Ministries (A-22)
Remove: Ernst, Sally - Western PA
Hanula, Lajos - Hungary
Add: Czernak, Eva - Hungary
Tulloch, Julie - Western PA
Local Church (A-24)
Add: Manuel, Filipe Martins Sebastiao,
Angola
Pace, Kimberly - Mississippi
Ordained and Diaconal Ministry (A-25)
Add: Dahl, Dorothy M. - Central Texas
Voting and Reserve Delegates
Central Illinois Annual Conference (A-30)
Correct name: Bogart, J. Ronald
Central Texas Annual Conference (A-31)
Remove: Barret, Nelda (resigned)
Add at end of reserve list:
Cope, Mary Gean; associate conference council director; 464
Bailey Avenue, Fort Worth, TX 76107
Eastern Angola Annual Conference (A-33)
'Manuel, Filipe Martins Sebastiao (10); pastor; C. P. 9.
Malange, Angola
da Silveira, Joao Augusto (4); farmer; C. P. 9, Malange,
Angola
Reserves: Fina, Alberto; district superintendent; C.P. 9,
Malange, Angola
Quissua, Ribeiro; pastor; C.P. 9, Malange, Angola
Neto, Luis Alberto; public worker; C.P. 9, Malange, Angola
Afonso, Domingas; teacher; C.P. 9, Malange, Angola
Mississippi Annual Conference (A-43)
Add at end of reserve list:
Youngblood, Edward; gas-pipe line company employee; Rt.
1, MeadvUle, MS 19653
Troy Annual Conference (A-62)
Remove: Woodman, William (deceased)
Add at end of reserve list:
Civalier, Iris; homemaker; Rt 1, Box 49, Olmsteadville, NY
12857
Virginia Annual Conference (A-63)
Remove: Goldsmith, Stanley L (resigned)
Add at end of reserve list:
Huber, Paul W.; retired aero-space engineer; 2 Edgewood
Drive, Newport News, VA 23606
Non- Voting Delegates
Iglesia Evangelica Metodista de Costa
Rica (2)
Sec. B. Row 22, Seats 1-2
Morales, Fernando (); pastor; Apartado 461, 1100 Tib s,
Costa Rica
Vargas, R. Kenneth (); Urb. Ciruelas 1-14, Al^uela, Costa
Rica
The Methodist Church, Hong Kong (2)
Sec. B. Row 22, Seats 3-4
Li, Pong-kwong (); pastor; 54 Waterloo Road, Yau Ma Tei,
Kowloon, Hong Kong
Lin, David Huo-fu (); 12/F, Fontana Gardens, 16 Ka Ning
Path, Tai Hang, Hong Kong
Gereja Methodist Indonesia (2)
Sec. A. Row 22, Seats 11-12
Tambunan, R. P. M. (); district superintendent; Jalan Hang
Tuah 8, Medan, Indonesia
Hutauruk, Laurentius (), PKMI, Jalan Hang Tuah 8,
Medan, Indonesia
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Corrections to Advance Edition - Section A (cont.)
The Korean Methodist Church (3) (A-70)
Add: Lee, Sung Bin (4); homemaker; 849-2 Ang Yan 2 Dong
(5 Tong 4 Ban) Ahn Yang City, Kyungido 430-012, Korea
Alphabetical List of Voting Delegates and First Reserves
(4) Eastern Angola
(10) Eastern Angola
Remove: Bang-asan, Clemente C. (resigned)
Barrett, Nelda (resigned)
Goldsmith, Stanley I. (resigned)
Jordan, Bert (deceased)
Woodman, William (deceased)
Add: Auvenhine, Bill Central Texas
Bailen, Gregorio R Northwest
Philippines
Add: Carr, Jimmy Mississippi
da Silveira, Joao Augusto
Corrections to Advance Edition
Dowdy, Roger C Virginia
Fina, Alberto Eastern Angola
Manuel, Filipe Martins Sebastiao
. Neto, Luis Alberto Eastern Angola
, Trost, Alice Troy
Section C
Pet. No. 1131MN509D
Correction to page C-61
Amend Par. 509.1b and the first paragraph of Par. 509.2e by
deleting the reference to housing allowance, and to make
their wording identical. Amend the first sentence of Par.
509.1c) to provide flexibility in the compensation of retired
bishops on special assignments. Amend Par. 509.2a) to be
more comparable with similar provisions for other clergy.
Delete all of Par. 509.2e) after the first sentence; provisions
governing special assignments for retired bishops will then
apply to bishops under mandatory retirement.
(Other portions of Par. 509 would remain unchanged.)
lb) Pension and hou s ing allowanc e as approved by the
General Conference shall be payable on September 1 follow-
ing the close of the Jurisdictional Conference.
Ic) If, however, the retired bishop accepts any one of the fol-
lowing assignments of church-wide responsibility, the
General Council on Finance and Administration, after con-
sultation with the Council of Bishops, shall set a level of com-
pensation not to exceed a maximum determined by the
General Conference on recommendation of the
General Coimcil on Finance and Administration-75%
of tho s alary of an activo bi s hopi
(The remainder of Par. 509. Ic) would remain unchanged.)
2. Voluntary Retirement. -a) Bishops who have completed
twenty years or more of service under full-time appointment
as-e)4eF-ministers, or as local pastors with pension
credit, prior to the opening date of the session of the
Jurisdictional Conference, including at least one quadren-
nium as bishop, may request the Jurisdictional Conference to
placo thorn in tho rotirod rolation retire them with the
privilege of receiving their pension as determined by the
General Council on Finance and Administration, payment
of which may begin the first of any month when such
payments would be permissible under the provisions
of the Ministerial Pension Plan. If the bishop has not
reached age sixty-five or completed forty years of ser-
vice at the time of retirement, the pension benefit for
years of service prior to January 1, 1982, may be ac-
tuarially reduced as provided under guidelines
adopted by the General Conference.
2e) Pension and hou s ing allowanco as approved by the
General Conference shall be payable on September l-tb«
first day of tho following month after the dose of the Jurisdic-
tional or Control Conference.
(The remainder of Par. 509.2e), which is identical in word-
ing with Par. 509.1c), would be deleted.)
The above petition was adopted by vote of the General Coim-
cil on Finance and Administration on December 2, 1987.
Pet. No. 1140FA735D
Correction to Page C83
The Errata to the 1984 Book of Discipline diiTers from the
printed Z?iscip/me in the introduction to Par. 735.2; amend
the version found in the Errata so that it will read as in the
printed Discipline. Also amend Par. 735.4a) by deleting
"lease."
2. In each episcopal area in the Jurisdictional Conferences
there shall be an Episcopal Residence Committee. It is rocom
mondod that tho committoo bo , composed of the following
persons:
(Par. 735.2a),b), and c) would be unchanged from the ver-
sions found in the Discipline and the Errata.)
4. It shall be the responsibility of the Episcopal Residence
Committee:
a) To make recommendations to the Annual Conference(s)
regarding the purchase, sale,-le»6er or rental of an episcopal
residence.
The above petition was adopted by vote of the General
Council on Fiance and Administration on December 2, 1987.
April 26, 1988
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
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Additions to Advance Edition F
THE PARTICIPATION OF W
/OMEN ON GENERAL BOARDS AND AGENCIES OF THE UNIl
FED METHODIST CHURCH
Lay Women
% Lay Women
Clergy
Clergy Women
% Clergy Women
Women Bishops
% Women Bishops
Total Members
Total Women
KEY:
1968 I'i
1974 ^
1977 m
1981 a
1987 ■
40 -\
30
20 H
10
% women
Membership on the general agencies for the 1985-88
quadrennium is displayed both by category and per-
centage. (Source: the 1985 United Methodist Directory).
The bar graph below the table provides the comparison from
each of the four preceding quadrennia.
In the 1984 Book of Discipline, Par. 805.2 on the General
Program Board Membership retains the composition of the
basic membership on each program board to include one mem-
ber from each annual and missionary conference; the provision
to include one-third laymen, one-third laywomen, and one-
third clergy and at least one clergywoman from each jurisdic-
tion; and the same formula applied to dditional members.
(Membership procedures or the Women's Division, Board of
Global Ministries, are an exception as defined in Par. 1429.)
New legislation in Par. 805.2 recommends that each general
agency elect at least one member from among the member chur-
ches of the Consultation on Church Union ther than the United
Methodist Church. The General Commission on Christian
Unity and Interreligious Concerns so identifies two COCU rep-
resentatives in its membership.
Overall, there is relatively minimal change from 1981 in the
percentages of women on the general agencies. Among the fac-
tors which seem to influence the fluctuations downward in the
total percentages of women are the fewer numbers of cler-
gywomen elected and the ssignment of additional bishops to
some agencies.
Listing in the Directory of additional bishops and members
from the Central Conferences accounts for the increase in the
total membership of the General Board of Global Ministries.
Tabulation of members on the Commission on the General
Conference does not include the Ex-ofTicio members, and there-
fore, the percentage of women shows an increase from 26 per-
cent in 1981 to 40 percent in 1985.
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DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
April 26, 1988
Additions to Advance Edition F (cont.)
General Commission On The Status And Role Of Women
Membership 1985-1988
• Bill Amos
• Ressie Mae Bass
Harrison Black
Sung Lai Boo
Kristan Burkert
+ Minerva Carcano
Judith Craig
* Thomas Dahl
Randy Day
Marcus Dickson
Barry Duggan
* Dayton Edmonds
* Edna Emery
Ruth Everett
+ Sharon Everhart
Becky Haase
♦ Joyce Hamlin
+ Edwin Harrington
Judith Hill
H. Sharon Howell
Laura Echols Hudson
Tapuni (Cap) loelu
Becky John
Jim Kardos
Charles Lamar
Pamela Baker Lineberger
Arturo Maine
Virginia McGilbray
Wilma Maier
Don Mendenhall
Margaret Misal
Bill Mullette
Sam NeSmith
Jackie Pennington
Sam Phillips
MilcaPlaud
Joe Pool
Bert Pruess-Jones
Those completing terms + Those who have resigned during Quadrennium
Elizabeth Reed
Barbara Riddle
Joetta Rinehart
Ruby Santibanez
Rey Valencia Schuman
Mary Kercherval Short
Elizabeth Lopez Spence
Ruth Steach
Charles H. Stewart, HI
Forrest Stith
Linda Thomas
Alfred Thompson
Paul linger
Ernest Valverde
Georgiana Ward
Jim Waterfield
Ester Witherspoon
Nancy Yamasaki
Codes and Abbreviations
Codes
1-5 digits = numerical order
+ 2 letters = legislative committee
+ 4 digits + (000)1-2626 + disciplinaiy paragraph
(0)00, (0)200, etc. = new disciplinary paragraph
3000 + non-disciplinary matter
+ 1 letter + C + constitutioned amendment
= D = part of Discipline other than constitution
= M = miscellaneous\
= R = resolution, report or recommendation
= S = recommended study
If $ added = fmancial implications
Abbreviations
Legislative Committees
CC Commission on Central Conference Affairs
CO Conferences
CS Church and Society
DI Discipleship
FA Financial Administration
FM Faith and Mission
GA General Administration
GM Global Ministries
HE Higher Education and Chaplaincy
IJ Independent Commissions/Judicial Administration
LC Local Church
MN Ordained and Diaconal Ministiy
General Agencies
GBCS General Board of Church and Society
GBGM General Board of Global Ministries
GBHM General Board of Higher Education and Ministry
GBOD General Board of Discipleship
GBPB General Board of Publication
GBPN General Board of Pensions
(JCAH General Commission on Archives and Histoiy
GCCU General Commission on Christian Unity and Inter
religous Concerns
GCFA General Council on Finance and Administration
GCOM General Council on Ministries
(jCRR General Commission on Religion and Race
GCSW General Commission on the Status and Role of
Women
NYMO United Methodist National Youth Ministry Or
ganization
UCOOM General Commission on Communication
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DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
27
Abbreviations for the
Annual Conferences of The United Methodist Church
AFL
Alabama-West Florida
MEM
- Memphis
PRC
Puerto Rico
AKM
Alaska Missionary
MID
Middle PhUippines
RDM
Red Bird Missionary
AUS
Austria Provisional
MIN
Mindanao
RIO
Rio Grande
BLT
Baltimore
MNN
Minnesota
RKM
Rocky Mountain
BUL
Bulgaria Provisional
MSS
Mississippi
SLE
Sierra Leone
BUR
Burundi
MOE
Missouri East
SCA
South Carolina
CNV
California-Nevada
MOW
Missouri West
SDA
South Dakota
CAP
California-Pacific
MOZ
Mozambique (Southeast Africa)
SGA
South Georgia
CIL
Central Illinois
MUR
Muri (Nigeria) Provisional
SIN
South Indiana
CPA
Central Pennsylvania
NEB
Nebraska
SIL
Southern Illinois
CTX
Central Texas
NHA
New Hampshire
SNE
Southern New England
CZA
Central Zaire
NMX
New Mexico
SNJ
Southern New Jersey
CZE
Czechoslovakia
NYK
New York
SZA
Southern Zaire
DEN
Denmark
NAL
North Alabama
SWP
Southwest PhUippines
DSW
Desert Southwest
NAK
North Arkansas
Provisional
DET
Detroit
NCA
North Carolina
STX
Southwest Texas
EOH
East Ohio
NNY
North Central New York
SWE
Sweden
EAN
Eastern Angola
NDK
North Dakota
SWF
Switzeriand/France
EPA
Eastern Pennsylvania
NGA
North Georgia
TEN
Tennessee
EST
Estonia Provisional
NIN
North Indiana
TEX
Texas
FIF
Finland-Finnish Provisional
NMS
North Mississippi
TRY
Troy
FIS
Finland-Swedish Provisional
NSH
North Shaba
VIR
Virgina
FLA
Florida
NTX
North Texas
WMI
West Michigan
DDR
German Democratic Republic
NEP
Northeast Philippines
WMP
West Middle Philippines
GNW
German Northwest
NZA
Northeast Zaire
WOH
West Ohio
GSO
German South
NIL
Northern Illinois
WVA
West Virginia
GSW
German Southwest
NJY
Northern New Jersey
WZA
West Zaire
HOL
Holston
NPH
Northern Philippines
WAN
Western Angola
HNG
Hungary Provisional
NWP
Northwest Philippines
WNY
Western New York
IWA
Iowa
NWT
Northwest Texas
WNC
Western North Carolina
KSE
Kansas East
NOR
Norway
WPA
Western Pennsylvania
KSW
Kansas West
OKL
Oklahoma
WIS
Wisconsin
KEN
Kentucky
OKI
Oklahoma Indian Missionary
WYO
Wyoming
LIB
Liberia
ORI
Oregon-Idaho
YEL
Yellowstone
LRK
Little Rock
PNW
Pacric Northwest
YUG
Yugoslavia Provisional
LSA
Louisiana
PEN
Peninsula
ZIM
Zimbabwe
LVL
Louisville
PHI
Philippines
MNE
Maine
POL
Poland
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Petitions to the 1988 General Conference of The
United Methodist Church
The following is a list of the 2661 petitions
that the Secretary of the General Conference
has forwarded to the Committee on Reference
for its review and referral to appropriate legis-
lative committees. Abbreviations and petition
code may be found on preceding pages.
Commission of Central
Conference Affairs
537-CC-527-D Conference of Methodist
Bishops. GCCU, GCFA.
768-CC-527-D Conference of Methodist
Bishops. GBHM.
1078-CC-600-D Becoming a Covenanting
Church. Council of Bishops, GCCU.
2166-CC-637-D Composition of Central
Conference. Opal C. Huettner, UMC,
Markesan, Wisconsin.
904-CC-638-D Property-holding Authority
of Central Conferences. GCFA.
1449-CC-638-D Itineration of bishops in
Central Conferences. Clergy members in CNV,
HOL, KEN, KSW, NIN, WOH, + 2 local groups
and other individuals.
161-CC-647-D$ Autonomous Methodist
Churches. NIN.
1076-CC-647-D Act of Covenanting Chur-
ches. Council of Bishops, GCCU.
1085-CC-647-D Definition of Autonomous
Methodist Church and Entering into Covenan-
tal Relationship. Council of Bishops, GCCU.
1077-CC-648-D An Act of Covenanting.
Council of Bishops, GCCU.
642-CC-652-D Concordat Agreements.
GCCU.
160-CC-653-D Becoming Part of The
United Methodist Church. NIN.
565-CC-2301-D Executive Committee of
Commission on Central Conference Affairs.
GCCU + CC Executive Committee.
Conferences
1264-CO-lO-C Status of Annual Con-
ference. LonnieD. Brooks, Christ UMC, Sugar
Land, Texas.
1602-CO-12-C Eligibility for election as
delegate. Builders Sunday School Class, First
UMC, Sullivan, Illinois.
1828-CO-12-C General Conference. Ad-
ministrative Board, Fredericksburg UMC,
Fredericksburg, Texas.
1972-CO-12-C Composition of General Con-
ference. Bruce Hurley, First UMC, Harlingen,
Texas.
2202-CO-12-C Bishops' Voice at General
Conference. Robert E. Dungy, NIN + 7 other
individuals.
2203-CO-12-C Amend Par. 12.3. VUtor
Goldschmidt, St. Andrew UMC, West Lafayette,
Indiana.
2086-CO-14-C Election of delegates. South
CentralJurisdiction, Youth Ministry Organiza-
tion.
2087-CO-23-C Composition of Jurisdiction-
al Conference. Bruce Hurley, First UMC, Har-
lingen, Texas.
2204-CO-26-C Amend Par. 25.4. Victor
Goldschmidt, St. Andrew UMC, West Lafayette,
Indiana.
1-CO-36-C Youth Members of Annual Con-
ference. Central Conferences of Federal
Republic of Germany, And West Berlin and Ger-
man Democratic Republic.
177-CO-35-C Youth/Young Adult Members
of Annual Conference. NWP.
653-CO-35-C Equalization of Lay and Cler-
gy Members at Annual Conference. ORI.
2088-CO-35-C Composition of Annual Con-
ference. FIS.
2089-CO-35-C Composition of Annual Con-
ference. Jean Henderson, Broad Street UMC,
Cleveland, Tennessee.
2-CO-36-C Voting Rights of Lay Members of
Annual Conference. CNV.
1075-CO-36-C Status of Aimual Con-
ference. LonnieD. Brooks, Christ UMC, Sugar
Land, Texas.
2090-CO-36-C Annual Conference. David
Dolsen, First UMC, Pueblo, Colorado.
950-CO-37-C Allowing Nominating Proces-
ses. BAL delegation.
571-CO-38-C Election of delegates. SIN.
2091-CO-38-C Election of delegates. Opal
C. Huettner, UMC, Markesan, Wisconsin.
2205-CO-38-C Election of delegates. Victor
Goldschmidt, St. Andrew UMC, West Lafayette,
Indiana.
2092-CO-39-C Election of Delegates. Opal
C. Huettner, UMC, Markesan, Wisconsin.
2206-CO-39-C Election of delegates. Victor
Goldschmidt, St. Andrew UMC, West Lafayette,
Indiana.
1663-CO-44-C Delete Par. 44. Leonard D.
Slutz, HydePark Community UMC, Cincinnati,
Ohio.
1094-CO-45-C District Conferences. 7. Mel-
ville Wohrley, EOH.
82-CO-505-D$ Bishops in Jurisdictions.
WYO.
83-CO-505-D Bishops in Jurisdictions.
NDK.
84-CO-505-D Bishops in Jurisdictions.
NAL, NGA, SGA + Southeastern Jurisdiction-
al, AFL, FLA Committees on Episcopacy.
85-CO-505-D Bishops in Jurisdictions.
NIN, SIN.
1476-CO-505-D Determining number of
bishops to be elected. William R. Johnson,
NDK.
1622-CO-506-D Bishops in Jurisdictions.
John Lloyd Knox, Bishop.
1S35-CO-506-D$ Bishops to be assigned to
one conference only. William A. Highfield,
WYO.
1982-CO-505-D Election of bishops in juris-
dictions. Ridgway F. Shinn Jr., Mathewson
Street UMC, Providence, Rhode Island.
178-CO-606-D Election Process. Merlin J.
Ackerson, IWA.
635-CO-506-D Consecration of Bishops.
GCCU.
1365-CO-506-D Election of Bishops.
Richard B. Fans, VIR.
1477-CO-606-D Nominations for episcopal
election. William R. Johnson, NDK.
1983-CO-506-D Election of bishops.
Donald A. Smith, First UMC, Marion, Indiana.
86-CO-507-D Assignment Process. WYO.
272-CO-507-D Tenure of Bishops. CIL.
1478-CO-507-D Assignment of bishops.
William R. Johnson, NDK.
1576-CO-507-D Effective date for assign-
ment of bishops. Ralph L. Minker, BAL.
1730-CO-507-D Assignment of bishops.
Michigan Area Episcopacy Committee.
1860-CO-507-D Assignment of bishops.
WVA cabinet.
2035-CO-507-D Bishops in jurisdictions.
United Methodist Appalachian Development
Committee, Legislative and Executive Commit-
tees.
2152-CO-507-D Bishops in jurisdictions.
PaulF. Perry, SWT.
539-CO-600-D Commission on the General
Conference. GCCU.
773-CO-600-D Responsibilities of Secretary
of the General Conference. GCAH.
775-CO-600-D Responsibilities of Secretary
of the General Conference. GCAH.
1133-CO-600-D Commission on the
General Conference. GCFA.
1479-CO-600-D Commission on the
General Conference. Commission on the
General Conference.
1864-CO-600-D Petitions Secretary. Jerry
Eckert, WIS.
91-CO-602-D Ministerial Members. SIN.
383-CO-602-D Annual Conference
Resource Persons. SCA.
505-CO-602-D Election of Delegates.
Steven K Brown, EOH.
638-CO-602-D Election of delegates to
General Conference. GCC17.
1132-CO-602-D General Conference Mem-
bership. GCFA
1359-CO-602-D Procedure for electing
General Conference delegates. Anna M. Winn,
Greenwood UMC, Yale, Michigan.
1769-CO-602-D Reduce maximum size of
General Conference. Leonard D. Slutz, Hyde
Park Community UMC, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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1770-CO-602-D Election of delegates. Mary
EllaM. and Sam R. Mitchell Jr., Trinity UMC,
Sumter, South Carolina.
1865-CO-602-D Composition of General
Conference. Administrative Board, Frederick-
sburg UMC, Fredericksburg, Texas.
1866-CO-602-D Composition of General
Conference. Harold E. Walton, PEN.
1994-CO-602-D Election of delegates to
General Conference. Donald A. Smith, First
UMC, Marion, Indiana.
2160-CO-602-D Lay delegates. Barbara
and Erroll Wendland, First UMC, Temple,
Texas.
1580-CO-604-D Election of Secretary-desig-
nate. Charles L. Myers and Lloyd M. Wright,
sm.
1995-CO-604-D Election of Secretaiy-desig-
nate. Howard Hahn, WOH.
2161-CO-604-D Election of Secretary-desig-
nate. MarcusBlaising,NINandJ. Wesley Her-
tel, SIN.
179-CO-606-D Secretaiy of the General
Conference. Commission on the General Con-
ference.
540-CO-60S-D Invitations to Eciunenical
Representatives to General Coiiference.
GCCU.
1996-CO-60S-D Responsibilities of
Secretary of the General Conference. Joseph
R. Graham, WOH.
2242-CO-605-D Responsibilities of
Secretary of the General Conference. Earl B.
Carter, NAK + Northeastern and Western
Secretaries of Jurisdictional Conferences.
541-CO-608-D Petitions to General Con-
ference. GCCU.
771-CO-608-D Petitions to General Con-
ference. GCAH.
925-CO-608-D Approval of Petitions. Ad-
ministrative Board, Faith UMC, Woodward,
Oklahoma.
1134-CO-608-D Petitions to General Con
ference. GCFA
1552-CO-608-D Petitions to General Con
ference. Committee on Correlation and
Editorial Revision.
1581-CO-608-D Petitions to General Con-
ference. J. Robert Martin, WNC, + 4 local
churches and 1 individual
1771-CO-608-D Retain right of individual to
petition General Conference. Leonard D.
Slutz, Hyde Park Community UMC, Cincinnati,
Ohio.
1867-CO-608-D Petitions to General Con-
ference. Jerry Eckert, WIS.
2243-CO-608-D Petitions to General Con-
ference. Millie Hilts, California Heights UMC,
Long Beach, California.
772-CO-610-D Book of Resolutions. GCAH.
774-CO-610-D Responsibilities of Secretary
of the General Conference. GCAH.
2162-CO-610-D Book of Resolutions. Bar-
bara and Erroll Wendland, First UMC, Temple,
Texas.
1413-CO-611-D Polling local churches.
Members, Clymer and Edwards Chapel UMCs,
Clymer, New York, -f 1 individual, Corry, PA.
1553-CO-611-D Move and amend Par. 611.
Committee on Correlation and Editorial
Revision.
1997-CO-611-D General Committee on the
Episcopacy. Ridgway F. Shinn Jr., Mathe-
wson Street UMC, Providence, Rhode Island.
92-CO-613-D Ministerial Members. SIN.
2I63-CO-613-D Lay delegates. Barbara
and Erroll Wendland, First UMC, Temple,
Texas.
2164-CO-613-D Youth delegates. Youth
Ministry Organization, South Central Jurisdic-
tion.
1998-CO-614-D Election of delegates.
Donald A Smith, First UMC, Marion, Indiana.
93-CO-622-D Jurisdictional Committee on
Episcopacy. NDK.
94-CO-622-D$ Change Episcopal Area to
Annual Conference. WYO.
1334-CO-622-D Jurisdictional Committee
on Episcopacy. CAP Racism Convocation
Team.
1999-CO-622-D Vacancies on the Jurisdic-
tionei] Committee on Episcopacy. Wesley R.
Crompton, WYO.
903-CO-626-D Jurisdictional Conference
Journals. GCFA, GCOM.
1639-CO-626-D Jurisdictional Conference
JoiUTial. Committee on Plan of Organization
and Rules of Order.
2000-CO-626-D Secretaries of Jurisdiction-
al Conferences. Joseph R. Graham, WOH.
2244-CO-626-D Secretary of the Jurisdic-
tional Conference. EarlB. Carter, NAK + ATor-
theastem and Western, Secretaries of
Jurisdictional Conferences.
776-CO-627-D Jurisdictional Conference.
GBOD.
2165-C0.632-D Jurisdictional Youth Mini-
stry Organization. Youth Ministry Organiza-
tion, South Central Jurisdiction.
779-CO-659-D Clergy Couples' Minimum
Salary Claim. GCFA, GCSW + National As-
sociation of Commissions, on Equitable
679-CO-662-D Mission. GBGM.
2245-CO-662-D Missions. Victor
Goldschmidt, St. Andrew UMC, West
Lafayette, Indiana.
580-CO-663-D Establishment and Ad-
ministration of a Mission. GBGM.
1868-CO-700-D Conference Nominating
Committee. Jerry Eckert, WIS.
1869-CO-700-D Committee on Ministry to
Persons with Handicapping Conditions. NCA
Committee, Ministry to Persons with Handicap-
ping Conditions.
2001-CO-700-D Comnuttee on Planning
and Research. WIS Committee on Planning
and Research.
2002-CO-700-D Committee on the Church
and Ministries with Persons with Handicap-
ping Conditions. RKM Committee, Ministries
with Persons with Handicapping Conditions.
95-CO-701-D Ministerial Members. WYO.
96-CO-701-D Ministerial Members. SNE.
97-CO-701-D Voting Rights of Local Pas-
tors. NAL.
98-CO-701-D Composition of Annual Con-
ference. RKM.
99-CO-701-D Voting Rights of Lay Mem-
bers of Annual Conference. WIS.
180-CO-701-D Membership of Annual Con-
ference. Mark S. Womack, Clifton Hills UMC,
Chattanooga, Tennessee.
181-CO-701-D Voting righu of Diaconal
Ministers. Odie Gregg, NAL.
643-CO-701-D Persons seated at Annual
Conference without vote. GCCU.
960-CO-701-D Election of Lay Delegates.
CC Executive Committee.
1079-CO-701-D Ministerial Membership of
an Annual Conference. Members, Davis
Memorial UMC, Harrison, New Jersey.
1093-CO-701-D Rights of Student Local
Pastors and Part-Time Local Pastors. 1986
Local Pastor's License School, Orleans, VT.
1343-CO-701-D Amend Par. 701. Board of
Managers, 1987 Course of Study School,
Perkins School of Theology.
1426-CO-701-D Annual Conference mem-
bership. Administrative Board, First UMC,
Donna, Texas.
1731-CO-701-D Voting rights of associate
members. Administrative Council, First UMC,
Cardington, Ohio.
1732-CO-701-D Voting rights of local and
student pastors. Administrative Council, First
UMC, Cardington, Ohio.
2004-CO-701-D Ministerial Membership of
an Annual Conference. William E. Ballard,
IWA + NC and NE Jurisdictional, Town and
Country Association and National UM Rural
Fellowship.
2167-CO-701-D Voting rights. Opal C.
Huettner, UMC, Markesan, Wisconsin.
2168-CO-701-D Voting rights. Administra-
tive Board, First UMC, Yorktown, Texas.
2169-CO-701-D Voting rights of Associate
Members. W. E. Ballard, IWA -f Town and
Country groups, NC, NJ, SE Jurisdictions and
National Rural Fellowship.
2170-CO-701-D Voting rights of Local and
Student Pastors. W. E.Ballard, IWA + NC,NE
Town and Country Asso., Ex. Com. and Nation-
al UM Rural Fellowship.
2246-CO-701-D Voting rights. Robert E.
Dungy, NIN + 4 other individuals.
2248-CO-701-D Composition of Annual
Conference. National Association, Annual
Conference Lay Leaders.
100-CO-702-D Conference Lay Leader.
MEM.
780-CO-702-D Conference lay leader.
GBOD.
781-CO-702-D Associate conference lay
leaders. GBOD.
1450-CO-702-D Conference Lay Leader.
Lonnie D. Brooks, Christ UMC, Sugar Land,
Texas.
2249-CO-702-D Organization of Annual
Conference. National Association, Annual
Conference Lay Leaders.
782-CO-702-D Associate conference lay
leaders. MEM.
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April 26, 1988
905-CO-703-D Annual Conference Finan-
cial Obligations. GCFA.
2005-CO-703-D Powers and Duties of An-
nual Conference. Bruce Birth, BAL.
2006-CO-703-D Powers and Duties of An-
nual Conference. Walter J. Zabel, BAL.
783-CO-704-D Executive Session. GBHM.
1772-CO-704-D Eliminate Annual Con-
ference Executive Session. Leonard D. SluU,
Hyde Park Community UMC, Cincinnati, Ohio.
1870-CO-704-D Defmition of Executive
Session. Theodore L. Agnew, First UMC,
Stillwater, Oklahoma.
1871-CO-704-D Pre-conference disclosure
of items of business. Annual Church Meeting,
Aldersgate UMC, Dobbs Ferry, New York.
2007-CO-704-D Reports from general agen-
cies. SueAvey, Christ UMC, Kettering, Ohio.
262-CO-705-D Annual Conference Jour-
nals. CAP.
784-CO-705-D Records and Archives.
GBHM.
906-CO-705-D Annual Conference Mini-
sterial Personnel Records. GCFA.
907-CO-705-D Annual Conference Mini-
sterial Personnel Records. GCFA.
101-CO-706-D Conference Committee on
Nominations. KSE.
182-CO-706-D Membership of Conference
Agencies. Odie Gregg, NAL.
400-CO-706-D Inclusiveness. GCRR.
441-CO-706-D Nominating Committee.
GCRR.
1480-CO-706-D Annual Conference struc-
ture. William R. Johnson, SDK.
2008-CO-706-D Conference Nominating
Committee. William R. Keeffe, NHA.
2014-CO-706-D Conference Committee on
Nominations and Personnel. Administrative
Board, First UMC, Blair, Nebraska.
2171-CO-706-D Annual Conference struc-
ture. Creed S. Davis Jr, VIR.
2172-CO-706-D Membership of conference
agencies. Paul F. Perry, SWT.
2247-CO-706-D Members of general agen-
cies. Millie Hilts, California Heights UMC,
Long Beach, California.
2013-CO-725-D Reporting total compensa-
tion. Walter J. Zabel, BAL.
114-CO-726-D Conference Ethnic Minority
Local Church Concerns Committee. BAL, CIL,
DET, EOH, KEN, NAL, NTX, NWT, SGA, SIN,
+ North Central Jurisdiction Urban Network.
115-CO-726-D Conference Ethnic Minority
Local Church Concerns Committee. BAL, CIL,
DET, EOH, NAL, NTX, NWT, SGA, SIN, -f
North Central Jurisdiction Urban Network.
116-CO-726-D Conference Ethnic Minority
Concerns Committee. NGA.
183-CO-726-D ResponsibiUties of Con-
ference Council on Ministries. Jim Beat, NAK
786-C0.726-D Conference Scouting Coor-
dinator. GBOD ■¥ Administrative Council,
Grace UMC, Memphis, Tennessee + 1 in-
dividual.
1037-CO-726-D Annual Conference Coim-
cil on Ministries. MUMC.
1111-CO-726-D Conference Council
Director's Relationship to Cabinet. GCOM.
1776-CO-726-D Optional Conference Coun-
cil on Ministries. Barrett Renfro, SWT.
2015-CO-726-D Election of officers of Con-
ference Council on Ministries. George W.
Hayes, NAL.
2016-CO-726-D Election of officers of Con-
ference Council on Ministries. D. Max Whit-
field. NAK.
2017-CO-726-D Conference Council
Director's Relationship to Cabinet
Southeastern Jurisdiction Association, Con-
ference Council Directors.
2018-CO-726-D Committee on Ethnic
Minority Local Church Concerns. William E.
Ballard, IWA, ■^ National United Methodist
Rural Fellowship.
2175-CO-726-D Committee on Ethnic
Minority Local Church Concerns. Ethnic
Minority Local Church Committee, WML
2251-CO-726-D Program evaluation.
Robert J. Dexter, NIN + 2 other individuals.
2025-CO-745-D District Conference. Bruce
Birch, BAL.
583-CO-747-D District Secretary of Global
Ministries. GBGM.
800-CO-747-D District Scouting Coor-
dinator. GBOD + Administrative Council,
Grace UMC, Memphis, Tennessee + 1 in-
dividual.
1537-CO-747-D District Council on Mini-
stries. 7. Melville Wohrley, EOH.
2026-CO-747-D District Administrative
Council. William E. Ballard, IWA ■^ Nat. UM
Rural Fellowship, NE, SE Juris. Town and
Country groups.
2181-CO-747-D District Council on Mini-
stries. Paul F. Perry, SWT.
185-CO-3000-M Enforcing Church Policy.
Administrative Council, Pleasant Chapel UMC,
Van Wert, Ohio.
186-CO-3000-M Upholding Book of Dis-
cipline. Administrative Council, St Paul
UMC, College, Alaska.
187-CO-3000-M Speaking for the Church.
Administrative Council, St Paul UMC, College,
Alaska.
184-CO-3000-R Annual Conference Jour-
nals. DET.
188-CO-3000-R General Conference Policy.
Administrative Council, St Paul UMC, College,
Alaska.
226-CO-3000-R Endorse "In Defense of
Creation". CNV.
277-CO-3000-R Preparations for 1992
General Conference. DSW.
280-CO-3000-R Permanent Numbering
System for Book of DiscipUne. AKM.
310-CO-3000-R Contente of Book of Dis-
cipline. Odie Gregg, NAL.
619-CO-3000-R Preparations for General
Conference. RIO.
1193-CO-3000-R Authority of General Con-
ference Administrative Committee on Correla-
tion and Editorial Revision. GCFA.
1280-CO-3000-R Assigning of Paragraph
Numbers in the Book of Discipline. William P.
Sanders, DET.
1391-CO-3000-R Record individual voting
Ad. Board, Grace UMC, Indiana + Ad. Coun-
cils, Trinity UMC, Mt Pleasant and Albright
UMC, So. Connellsville and COM, Hilltop
UMC, Madison, Pennsylvania.
1524-CO-3000-R Emphasize Bible land
values. Administrative Council, St Paul UMC,
College, Alaska.
1696-CO-3000-R Moratorium on efforts to
alter Disciplinary statements concerning
homosexusdity. Administrative Councils,
Memphis UMC, Memphis, Tennessee, and
Pleasant Grove UMC, Charlestown, Indiana.
1893-CO-3000-R Hearing with past and
present Secretaries of the General Conference.
Jerry Eckert, WIS.
2200-CO-3000-R Annual Conference Boun-
daries. GBGM.
2277-CO-3000-R Episcopal nominees
fmeuicial reports. James A. Trickett, LSA.
2278-CO-3000-R Frequency of annual conf-
erence. J. Cecil Williamson, NMS.
2279-CO-3000-R Adult Day Care. Marion
M. Kilpatnck, Ardmore UMC, West Chester,
andKathrynH. Williams, UMC, Berwyn,Pen-
nsylvania.
2287-CO-3000-R Members of general agen-
cies on General Conference Legislative Com-
mittees. Don M. Pike, CTX.
2288-CO-3000-R Salaried staff on General
Conference Legislative Committees. Don M.
Pike, CTX.
2289-CO-3000-R Petitions to General Con-
ference. Philip M. Niblack, MOE.
2290-CO-3000-R Petitions to General Con-
ference. D. C. and Sue E. Moffitt, Ashford
UMC, Houston, Texas.
2291-CO-3000-R Planning for the 1992
General Conference. Native American Interna-
tional Caucus.
2292-CO-3000-R Celebrating the 100th an-
niversary of the Deaconess Movement in the
UM tradition. Barbara Campbell, Betty Ruth
Goode, Lucy R. Gist, SL Paul & St Andrew
UMC. New York. New York, -f 9 other in-
dividuals.
2420-CO-3000-R Instruct Committee on
Correlation and Editoricd Revision to delete
outdated material in Discipline. Victor
Goldschmidt. St Andrew UMC. West Lafayette,
Indiana.
2424-CO-3000-R Editorial changes in the
Discipline. Victor Goldschmidt, St. Andrew
UMC, West Lafayette, Indiana.
2468-CO-3000-R Language in the Dis-
cipline. Howard L. Lydick, First UMC,
Richardson, Texas.
2666-CO-3000-R One member-one vote.
Arthur R. Kirk, EOH.
2566-CO-3000-R Voting on issues. Ad-
ministrative Council, Pleasant City UMC,
Pleasant City, Ohio.
2633-CO-3000-R Clergy spouses. Dee Anne
Henke, UMC, Trenton, Missouri.
April 26, 1988
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
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Church and Society
1474-CS-OO-D Just Peace Theology. MOE
Peace with Justice Task Force.
168-CS-70-D Preamble to Social Principles.
NIN.
663-CS-70-D Preamble to the Social Prin-
ciples. GCSW.
1609-CS-70-D Retain Preamble to Social
Principles. Administrative Board, St. John
UMC, Mobile, Alabama.
2097-CS-70-D Preamble to the Social Prin-
ciples. Barbara and Erroll Wendland, First
UMC, Temple, Texas.
2211-CS-70-D Preamble to the Social Prin-
ciples. Administrative Council, Rodney UMC,
Rodney, Ohio.
4-CS-71-D The Family. NWT.
5-CS-71-D Human SexuaUty. 13 annual
conferences, WNCBOM, TEX BCS and del., 456
local groups and 105 individuals.
6-CS-71-D Human Sexuality. GCSW,
NYMO, CNV, KSE, ORI, PNW, WIS, + 2 local
churches and 2 individuals.
7-CS-71-D Human Sexuality. KSE.
8-CS-71-D Human Sexuality. DET.
9-CS-71-D Human Sexuality. CNV.
10-CS-71-D Human Sexuality. RKM.
11-CS-71-D Abortion. WVA
12-CS-71-D Abortion. KEN.
13-CS-71.D Abortion. NDK
14-CS-71-D Abortion. CPA
15-CS-71-D Abortion. WMI.
189-CS-71-D Human Sexuality. Richard C.
Dunham, Amboy UMC, Connaaut, Ohio.
190-CS-71-D Retain Par. 71 G). Ad-
ministrative Council, First UMC, Lisbon, North
Dakota.
191-CS-71-D Abortion. Administrative
Councils, Leland and Suydam UMCs, Leland,
Illinois.
192-CS-71-D Abortion. Administrative
Board, Grace UMC, Indiana, Pennsylvania.
501-CS-71-D Human Sexuality. GBCS +
members. Trinity UMC, Atlanta, Georgia.
920-CS-71-D Retain Par. 71 C). Ad-
ministrative Council, UMC, Tyrone, Ok-
lahoma, Administrative Board, UMC, Goshen,
Ohio, and members, Midland-Green Valley
Charge, Midland, Pennsylvania.
1274-CS-71-D Abortion. WNY.
1295-CS-71.D Human Sexuality. Reconcil-
ing Congregation Task Force, Wesley UMC,
Fresno, California.
1296-CS-71-D Human Sexuality. RobertM.
Armstrong, Belle Isle UMC, Warners, New
York.
1297.CS.71-D Abortion. Administrative
Boards, Administrative Councils, members, 10
local churches, in Louisiana and Texas.
1360-CS-71-D Abortion. Administrative
Board, Levy UMC, North Little Rock, Arkansas.
1363-CS-71-D Abortion. Charles D. Story,
SWT.
1384-CS-71-D Human Sexuality. Ad-
ministrative Council, Waynedcde UMC, Fort
Wayne, Indiana.
1419-CS-71-D Human Sexuality. United
Methodist Women, UMC, Alva, + members,
Oak Grove UMC, Tampa, Florida.
1424-CS-71-D Retain Par. 71 G). Ad-
ministrative Councils or Boards, Members, 8
local churches, in Arkansas, Florida, Indiana,
Louisiana, Ohio.
1471-CS-71-D Human Sexuality. Ad-
ministrative Council, Williams Center Asbury
UMC, Bryan, Ohio.
1520-CS-71-D Abortion. Richard S.
Ghyselinck, Chapel Heights UMC, Eau Claire,
Wisconsin.
1533-CS-71-DRetainPar.71A),C),F). Ad-
ministrative Board, Wesley UMC, Longview,
Texas, and Adult Fellowship Class, First UMC,
Sherman, Texas.
1548-CS-71-D Abortion. Maxine Hender-
son, TEN.
1569-CS-71-D Human Sexuality. Pastor-
Parish Relations Committee, Stehman
Memorial UMC, Millersville, Pennsylvania.
1610-CS-71-D Abortion. Administrative
Board, Waterville UMC, Waterville, Ohio.
1611-CS-71-D Abortion. CTX Brownwood
District Council on Ministries.
1612-CS-71-D Abortion. Members, Wolf
Lake UMC, Wolf Lake, Indiana.
1613-CS-71-D Retain Par. 71 C) and F). G.
William Wilcher, WOH
1625-CS-71-D Abortion. Administrative
Council, Williams Center Asbury UMC, Bryan,
Ohio.
1644-CS-71-D Abortion. Charge Con-
ference, Mount Oak UMC, Mitchellville,
Maryland.
1689-CS-71-D Abortion. Administrative
Council, Wesley UMC, Borger, Texas.
1726-CS-71-D Abortion. Delores F. Young,
Waterville UMC, Waterville, Ohio.
1832-CS-71-D Human Sexuality. Members,
Wesley UMC, Shiloh, and UMC, Camden,
North Carolina, + 2 individuals.
1833-CS-71-D Human Sexuality. IWA
Board of Ordained Ministry.
1834-CS-71.D Human SexuaUty. Ad-
ministrative Board, Trinity UMC, Pick-
erington, Ohio.
1835-CS-71.D Abortion. Administrative
Council, Saint Mark's UMC, Victoria, Texas.
1836-CS-71-D Marriage. Administrative
Board, St. Paul UMC, Jacksonville, Florida.
1837-CS-71-D Abortion. Administrative
Board, Trinity UMC, Pickerington, Ohio.
1838-CS-71-D Abortion. Administrative
Board, Trinity UMC, Windsor, Connecticut.
1839-CS-71-D Abortion. Annual Church
Meeting, Aldersgate UMC, Dobbs Ferry, New
York.
1909-CS-71-D Abortion. Mr and Mrs. Jerry
M. Sams, UMC, Maineville, Ohio.
1910-CS-71-D Abortion. Members, Hope
UMC, Whitehouse, Ohio.
1912-CS-71-D Abortion. Members, St. Paul
UMC, Midland, Texas.
1913-CS-71-D Abortion. Members, First
UMC, Melbourne, Florida.
1914-CS-71-D Abortion. Members, Mid-
land-Green Valley Charge, Midland, Pennsyl-
vania.
1915-CS-71-D Abortion. Administrative
Council, UMC, Salem Center, Ohio.
1916-CS-71-D Abortion. Administrative
Council, UMC, Rutland, Ohio.
1918-CS-71-D Human Sexuality. Members,
Fulton Heights UMC, Mobile, Alabama
1919-CS-71-D Human Sexuality. Members,
Christian Endeavor UMC, Newark, Ohio.
1920-CS-71-D Death with Dignity. Ad-
ministrative Council, UMC, Rutland, Ohio.
2098-CS-71-D Marriage. Brian E. Carter,
IWA.
2099-CS-71-D Human Sexuality. Brian E.
Carter, IWA.
2100-CS-71-D Human Sexuality. Herman
Y. Carr, UMC, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
2101-CS-71-D Human Sexuality. John M.
Akers, St. Paul's UMC, Denver, Colorado.
2102-CS-71-D Abortion. Administrative
Council, Disciples UMC, Holley, New York.
2103-CS-71-D Abortion. Dr. and Mrs. Paul
E. Brown Jr., Munsey UMC, Johnson City, Ten-
nessee.
2104-CS-71-D Abortion. PhilipM. Niblack,
MOE.
2105-CS-71-D Abortion. Joyce E. Dings,
Guy A Freesen, Gary L. Motta,CIL.
2106-CS-71-D Abortion. Administrative
Board, First UMC, Refugio, Texas.
2212-CS-71-D Nurturing Community
Robert E. Dungy, NIN + Victor Goldschmidt,
St. Andrew UMC, West Lafayette, Indiana,
2213-CS-71-D Christian Communities.
Robert E. Dungy, NIN + Victor Goldschmidt,
St. Andrew UMC, West Lafayette, Indiana.
2214-CS-71-D Adoption. Marcus Blaising,
NIN + 7 other individuals.
2426-CS-71-D The Family Rex Strickland
Class, Asbury UMC, El Paso, Texas.
2648-CS-71-D Death with Dignity. Ad-
ministrative Council, UMC, Salem Center,
Ohio.
1917-CS-71-D Abortion. Members, UMC,
Lockbridge, West Virginia.
16-CS-72-D Rights of Religious Minorities.
KEN.
17-CS-72-D Rights of Unborn Children.
KEN.
18-CS-72.D Rights of Children. KEN.
19-CS-72-D Genetic Technology. Central
Conference in the Federal Republic, Germany
and West Berlin.
20-CS-72-D Artificial Insemination.
Central Conference in the Federal Republic of
Germany and West Berlin.
21-CS-72-D Media Violence and Pornog-
raphy. KEN.
385-CS-72-D Rights of Racial and Ethnic
Minorities. GCRR.
664-CS-72-D Righte of Racial and Ethnic
Minorities. GCSW.
665-CS-72-D Affirmative Action. GCSW.
1100-CS-72-D Commercial Television and
Radio Obscenities. Administrative Board,
Moody Memorial UMC, Galveston, Texas.
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DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
April 26, 1988
1614-CS-72-D Rights of Persons with
Handicapping Conditions. Betty Lou Peters,
Faith UMC, Fargo, North Dakota.
1758-CS-72-D Rights of the Unborn. Ad-
ministrative Board, Alger Memorial UMC,
Eaton, Colorado.
1921-CS-72-D Alcohol and Other Drugs.
Members, Halsey and Shedd UMCs, Halsey,
Oregon.
1922-CS-72-D Retain Par. 72. Administra-
tive Board, Antioch UMC, Roaring Gap, North
Carolina
2107-CS-72-D Alcohol and Other Drugs.
Howard L. Lydick, First UMC, Richardson,
Texas.
2108-CS-72-D Alcohol and Other Drugs.
MaxE. Goldman, IWA.
2109-CS-72-D Alcohol and Other Drugs.
Barbara and Erroll Wendland, First UMC,
Temple, Texas.
2110-CS-72-D Alcohol and Other Drugs.
Scott Dunbar, First UMC, Decatur, Georgia.
2111-CS-72-D Suicidal Persons. Barry S.
McDonald, First UMC, Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
2215-CS-72-D Population Growth. Robert
E. Dingy, NIN + Victor Goldschmidt, St.
Andrew UMC, West Lafayette, Indiana.
2216-CS-72-D Alcohol and Tobacco Use.
Victor Goldschmidt, St. Andrew UMC, West
Lafayette, Indiana.
2282-CS-72-D Rights of Racial and Ethnic
Minorities. Members, Wesley UMC, Amherst,
Massachusetts.
2112-CS-73-D Gambling. Scott Dunbar,
First UMC, Decatur, Georgia.
22-CS-74-D Criminal Justice. KEN.
23-CS-74-D Crime and Rehabilitation.
CPA
193-CS-74-D Crime and Rehabilitation.
Alvin W. Warren, Suydam UMC, Leland, Il-
linois.
194-CS-74-D Civil Obedience and Dis-
obedience. Paul B. Mitchell, KSE.
666-CS-74-D Responsibilities as Citizens.
GBHM.
2113-CS-74-D Basic Freedoms. Samuel T.
Calvin, UMC, Kenova, West Virginia.
1840-CS-75-D The World Community. An-
nual Church Meeting, Aldersgate UMC, Dobbs
Ferry, New York.
2217-CS-75-D National Power and Respon-
sibility. Robert E. Dingy, NIN + Victor
Goldschmidt, St. Andrew UMC, West Lafayette,
Indiana.
24-CS-76-D Social Creed. EPA, MCE, NIL,
NIN, NYK, SIN, YEL.
25-CS-76-D Social Creed. CNV.
26-CS-76-D Social Creed. RKM.
27-CS-76-D Social Creed. TRY.
28-CS-76-D Social Creed. SGA
195-CS-76-D Social Creed. William C.
Mason, OKL + 21 local churches.
602-CS-76-D Social Creed. GBCS.
523-CS-76-D Social Creed. Members,
Aldersgate UMC, Rochester, New York.
921-CS-76-D Social Creed. Louis B. Shinn,
Red Bluff UMC, Red Bluff, California.
1098-CS-76-D Social Creed. /. MelvilU
Wohrley, EOH.
1275-CS-76-D Social Creed. WNY.
1462-CS-76-D Retain present Social Creed.
Administrative Council, Gardnertown UMC,
Newburgh, New York.
1615-CS-76-D Social Creed. Builders Sun-
day School Class, First UMC, Sullivan, Il-
linois.
1841-CS-76-D Social Creed. Constance
Roland MeUger, PEN.
1923-CS-76-D Social Creed. Members,
Laurelville Charge, Laurelville, Ohio.
1924-CS-76-D Social Creed. Paul H. and
Winifred Kuper, Asbury UMC, Greenville, Ten-
nessee.
1925-CS-76-D Social Creed. Administrative
Council, Arlington UMC, Arlington, Georgia
1926-CS-76-D Social Creed for new hymnal.
E. Sturzenacker, SIL, W. Pierce, WMI, J. Fish,
WPA, + 44 local churches and 14 individuals.
2114-CS-76-D Social Creed. Methodist
Federation for Social Action.
2 1 15-CS-76-D Social Creed. Administrative
Board, Killeam UMC, Tallahassee, Florida
1428-CS-71-D Human Sexuality. Ad-
ministrative Board, Dobbins Memorial UMC,
Delanco, New Jersey.
787-CS-728-D Conference Board of Church
and Society. GCSW.
1777-CS-728-D Optional Conference Board
of Church and Society. Barrett Renfro, SWT.
196-CS-llOl-D Church IN Society. G.
Dean Miller, First UMC, Stillwater, Minnesota
886-CS.llOl-D General Board of Church
and Society. NMX.
412-CS-1104-D Relationship with General
Commission on Religion and Race. GCRR.
1042-CS-1104-D Joint Committee on
Stewardship. ACST.
2263-CS-1104-D General Board of Church
and Society speaking to the world. Robert E.
Dungy, NIN + Victor Goldschmidtt, St. Andrew
UMC, West Lafayette, Indiana
614-CS-1106-D Board's Organization.
GBCS.
1792-CS-1109-D Optional Executive Com-
nuttee. Leonard D. Slutz, Hyde Park Com-
munity UMC, Cincinnati, Ohio.
515-CS-1114-D General Agency Staff.
GBCS.
197-CS-3000-M Celebrate Social Creed An-
niversaiy. MOE, SIN, TRY, WNY.
212-CS-3000-M Alcoholism Rehabilitation.
IWA.
213-CS-3000-M List Alcohol Content. IWA.
214-CS-3000-M Health Hazard Warning.
IWA
228-CS-3000-M World Peace through
World Law. RKM.
229-CS-3000-M U. S. World Peace Tax.
WMI
240-CS-30O0-M Sanctuaiy. NYK
243-CS-3000-M Persons Missing in Action.
SNJ.
244-CS-3000-M Modify U.S. Flag Laws and
Regulations. Richard C. Hopkins, MNE.
245-CS-3000-M Sale of Handguns. EOH.
1127-CS-3000-M Ratification of Human
Rights Covenants and Conventions. GBCS.
1261-CS-3000-M USA/USSR Verifiable
Arms Limitation Treaty. Administrative Coun-
cil, First UMC, Ticonderoga, New York.
1513-CS-3000-M AfTuTn English as official
language of USA. Charles D. Story, SWT + Ad-
ministrative Council, UMC, Pemberton, New
Jersey and 2 individuals.
1901-CS-3000-M Labeling of intoxicants.
Church and Society Work Area, Broadmoor
UMC, Shreveport, Louisiana
2303-CS-3000-M Human Sexuality. Rex
Strickland Class, Asbury UMC, El Paso, Texas.
2320-CS-3000-M Protecting the Native
American land base. Native American Interna-
tional Caucus.
198-CS-3000-R Rights of ChUdren. ML,
SIL.
199-CS-3000-R Day Care. NIL, SIL.
200-CS-3000-R ChUd Care Policy. NIL.
201-CS-3000-R Post Adoptive Services.
SWT.
202-CS-3000-R Responsible Parenthood.
SGA.
203-CS-3000-R Responsible Parenthood.
NCA
204-CS-3000-R Responsible Parenthood.
NDK, 131 local groups, and 29 individuals.
205-CS-3000-R Human Needs Are More
Important than Military Alternatives. NIN.
206-CS-3000-R Reverence for Life. J.
Thomas Fitch, Alamo Heights UMC, San An-
tonio, Texas.
207-CS-3OOO-R Withdraw from Groups
Supporting Abortion. Administrative Board,
Kent Island UMC, Chester, Maryland.
208-CS-3000-R Chastity. SWT.
209-CS-3000-R Condemn Legal Prostitu-
tion. CNV.
210-CS-3000-R Alcohol Abstention Week.
Edgar W. Parsons, First UMC, Sacramento,
California
211-CS-3000-R Personal Abstinence. IWA
216-CS-3000-R Action on AIDS. CNV,
RKM.
217-CS-3000-R Action on Aids. SGA.
218-CS-3000-RAIDS. WYO.
219-CS-3000-R$ AIDS and the Church.
NYK
220-CS-3000-R Policy toward Persons
Living with AIDS. PNW.
221-CS-3000-R Against Pornography.
EPA, HOL, NDK, SIL, + 119 local groups and
34 individuals.
222-CS-3000-R Against Pornography.
EOH.
223-CS-3000-R Against Pornography. Ad-
ministrative Council, First UMC, Cardington,
OH, and members, UMC, Murfreesboro, Ten-
nessee.
224-CS-3000-R Pornography and
Obscenity. KEN.
225-CS-3000-R Adopt "In Defense of Crea-
tion". W. Cecil Findley, KSW.
227-CS-3000-R Water Resources. CNV.
230-CS-30O0-R Middle East. Andrew C.
Noxon, NIL.
April 26, 1988
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
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231-CS-30OO-R Central America. CNV.
232-CS-3000-R Central America. NYK.
233-CS-3000-R Nicaragua. WVA.
234-CS-3000-R South Africa. SGA.
235-CS-30O0-R South Africa. WYO.
236-CS-3000-R Southern Africa. WPA.
237.CS-3000-R Southern Africa. NYK
239-CS-3000-R Native Americans. OKI
School of Christian Mission.
24 1-CS-3000-R Support of Freedom. AKM.
242-CS-3000-R Conscientious Objection.
Church School Class, Asbury UMC, El Paso,
Texas.
246-CS-3000-R Remove 1976 Resolution on
Gun Control. Administrative Council, St. Paul
UMC, College, Alaska.
247-CS-30O0-R Support of Table Grapes
Boycott NIL.
248-CS-30O0-R Addition to 1984 Resolu-
tion: Family Farms. CNV.
249-CS-3000-R Rights of Labor. NIL.
250-CS-30O0-R Handling and Treatment of
Hazardous Wastes. RKM.
276-CS-3000-R Health of Clergy Persons
and Families. NAK.
494-CS-3000-R Project Equality. GCRR.
495-CS-3000-R Racial Inclusiveness.
GCRR.
496-CS-3000-R School Busing. GCRR.
497-CS-3000-RAfiirmative Action. GCRR.
500-CS-3000-R$ Opposing English as OfTi-
cial Language of the United States. GCRR.
520-CS-3000-R Communist Imperialism.
Administrative Board, First UMC, Tavares,
Florida.
521-CS-3O0O-R Changing Family. EPA.
611-CS-3000-R Aids and the Healing Mini-
stry of the Church. GBCS, GBGM.
612-CS-3000-R In Support of Self Deter-
mination and Nonintervention. GBCS, MAR-
CHA, + Dorothy S. Darling, UMC, Odessa, New
York.
613-CS-3000-R PhiUppines. GBGM.
614-CS-3000-R Southern Africa. GBGM.
615-CS-30O0-R Religious Liberty. GBCS.
616-CS-3000-R New Issues in Human
Rights. GBCS + MARCHA and 1 individual.
617-CS-3000-R Opposing Making English
the Omcial Language. GBCS + Methodists As-
sociated Representing the, Cause of Hispanic
Americans.
618-CS-3000-R Ku Klux Klan and Other
Hate Groups in the U.S. GBGM.
619-CS-3000-R Prejudice Against Muslims
and Arabs in the USA. GBGM.
620-CS-3000-R Sexual Harassment in
Church and Society in the USA. GBCS, CSRW.
621-CS-3000-R Economic Justice. GBCS,
GBGM + Methodists Associated Representing,
the Cause of Hispanic Americans.
622-CS-3000-R Rights of Workers. GBCS
+ Methodists Associated Representing the.
Cause of Hispanic Americans.
623-CS-3000-R Pay Equity in the U.S.A.
GBGM, GCSW, Methodists Associated
Representing, the Cause of Hispanic Americans
$34-CS-3000-R Peace, Justice and
Reunification of Korea. GBGM.
635-CS-3000-R Global Debt Crisis. GBGM
+ Methodists Associated Representing the.
Cause of Hispanic Americans.
636-CS-3000-R Housing GBCS + Dorothy
S. Darling, UMC, Odessa, New York.
637.CS-3000.R A Call to Care. GBCS.
639-CS-3000-R Victims of Crime. GBCS.
640-CS-3000-R Nuclear Safety in the
United States. GBCS and Dorothy S. Darling,
UMC, Odessa, New York.
641-CS-3000-R Suicide: A Challenge to
Ministry. GBCS.
643-CS-3000-R Supportive Policies for
Families with Children. GBCS.
644-CS-3000-R« Infant Formula. GBCS.
645-CS-3000-R Japanese-American
Redress. GBCS.
646-CS-3000-R Public Education. GBCS +
Dorothy S. Darling, UMC, Odessa, New York
647-CS-3000-R Mental Health. GBCS.
648-CS-3000-R US Agriculture and Rural
Communities in Crisis. GBCS, GBGM, +
Dorothy S. Darling, UMC, Odessa, New York.
650-CS-3000-R Abortion. Members,
Antwerp UMC, Antwerp, Ohio.
654-CS-3000-R Protecting and Sustaining
Children. GBGM, GCSW.
656-CS-3000-R Aging. GBOD, GBGM,
OAMN.
897-CS-3000-R Sexual Violence and Por-
nography. UCOM.
941-CS-3000-R Redress for Japanese
American Internment. ORI.
942-CS-3000-R Support for Justice for
Minoru Yasui. ORI.
1025-CS-3000-R Report from the Infant
Formula Task Force. GBCS.
1056-CS-3000-R Economic Boycotts.
ECBY.
1088-CS-3000-R Central America,
Sanctuary and Undocumented Workers in the
United States. Sanctuary Committee, Dumbar-
ton UMC, Washington, DC, + Administrative
Board, First UMC, Germantown, Pennsyl-
vania
1102-CS-3000-R$ Developing an AIDS
Ministry. NHA Council on Ministries.
1258-CS-3000-R Against Pornography.
AKM + 3 local churches.
1262-CS-3000-R$ Exchange of USA/USSR
Citizens. Administrative Council, First UMC,
Ticonderoga, New York.
1278-CS-3000-R South African Invest-
ment. WNY.
1290-CS-3000-R Responsible Parenthood.
Charge Conference, Cloverdale UMC, Dothan,
1353-CS-3000-R Sexist Language and the
Scriptures. Administrative Board, Evangelical
UMC, Brainerd, Minnesota
1354-CS-3000-R Support English as omcial
language of U.S. Members, ST. Mark UMC,
Louisville, Kentucky.
1376-CS-3000-R Prohibit use of alcohol,
tobacco or other drugs. Watford Reed, Lincoln
Street UMC, Portland, Oregon.
1377-CS-3000-R Organ and Tissue Dona-
tions. BAL delegation.
1378-CS-3000-R Responsible Parenthood.
Church Conference, Paradise Hills UMC, Albu-
querque, New Mexico.
1379-CS-3000-R Against Pornography.
Church Conference, Paradise Hills UMC, Albu-
querque, New Mexico.
1380-CS-3000-R Against Pornography
Administrative Board, Epworth UMC, Ripley,
West Virginia.
1381-CS-3000-R Recognition of Ministries
of Homosexual Persons. SNE Board of Church
and Society.
1382-CS-3000-R$ Substance Abuse. SNE
Board of Church and Society.
1417-CS-3000-R Central American Peace
Pltin. FLA Work Area on Church and Society.
1418-CS-3000-R Abortion. Members,
Whatcoat UMC, Camden, Delaware.
1461-CS-3000-R Terrorism. Henry F.
Schwarzmann, BAL.
1465-CS-3000-R Wamography Henry F.
Schwarzmann, BAL.
1466-CS-3000-R Freedom, Democracy and
Peace. Administrative Council, Asbury UMC,
Vera Beach, and Administrative Boards, First
UMC, Ormond Beach and UMC, Satellite
Beach, Florida
1467-CS-3000-R Church's past errors
toward Native Americans. YEL.
1498-CS-3000-R Keep church out of
politics. The Seekers, First UMC, Lindale,
Texas.
1504-CS-3000-R Arab-Israeli Conflict.
StewartLanier, SNE, and W. Paul Lanier,FLA.
1509-CS-3000-R Against Pornography.
Members, Trinity UMC, Rensselaer, Indiana.
1519-CS-3000-R Southern Africa. GBPN.
1523-CS-3000-R Political Involvement.
Administrative Council, Gardnertown UMC,
Newburgh, New York.
1525-CS-3000-R Human Sexuality. Ad-
ministrative Board, Callaway UMC, Callaway,
Nebraska
1526-CS-3000-R AIDS and the Church. Ad-
ministrative Council, Gardnertown UMC, New-
burgh, New York.
1556-CS-3000-R Economic Consequences
of Taxation. Social and Economic Justice
Division, WIS Board of Church and Society
1557-CS-3000-R Paid Surrogate Contracts.
Joseph R. Anderson, VIR.
1558-CS-3000-R Federal Funds for Indian
Health Services. J. Ray McGilbray, OKI + 3
other individuals.
1592-CS-3000-R Adopt stronger stand on
abortion. Lisa M. Lattla, Waterville UMC,
Waterville, Ohio.
1593-CS-3000-R Abortion. Marion W.
King, United Methodist Community Church,
Marathon, Florida
1594-CS-3000-R$ Call to Care. Ad-
ministrative Council, Damascus UMC, Damas
cus, Ohio.
1595-CS-30O0-R Against Pornography
Helen K Doll, First UMC, Three Ri
Michiga/u
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DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
April 26, 1988
1596-CS-3000-R Against video, TV and
telephone guidance in sex. Members, First
UMC, Henderson, Kentucky.
1656-CS-3000-R Sustainable Development.
RKM Board of Church and Society.
1657-CS-3000-R Abortion. Sharon A
Hardman, WOH and Matthew W. Hardman,
Union Furnace UMC. Logan, Ohio.
1658-CS-3000-R United Nations Reform.
EOH Board of Church and Society.
1660-CS-3000-R Against Pornography.
MOE Tri-County United Methodist Men.
1661-CS-3000-R$ AIDS. Administrative
Board, Overton Park UMC, Fort Worth, Texas.
1662-CS-3000-R Sex and Violence on TV.
RoyE. White, Kirkwood UMC, Kirkwood, Mis-
souri
1738-CS-3000-R U.S. EngUsh Constitu-
tional Amendment. Administrative Board,
Groesbeck UMC, Cincinnati, Ohio.
1739-CS-3000-R Organ Sharing. UM Ex-
ploratory Committee on Organ Sharing, + BAL
delegation.
1809-CS-3000-R International issues.
Galen L. and Mary Henrietta Wenger, Trinity
UMC, Elkhart, Indiana.
1810-CS-3000-R Against Pornography.
Administrative Board, First UMC, Madison,
Florida, and members, Grace UMC, Greenville,
Mississippi.
1811-CS-3000-R Taxation and Justice.
Russ Walker, CNV.
1894-CS-3000-R Sale and Use of Alcohol
and Tobacco on Church Property. Administra-
tive Board, Virginia Beach UMC, Virginia
Beach, Virginia.
1895-CS-3000-R Forgiveness. Edward E.
Simons, West Burlington UMC, Troy, Pennsyl-
vania.
1896-CS-3000-R Response to Human
Rights Violations in the World. Annual Church
Meeting, Aldersgate UMC, Dobbs Ferry, New
York.
1897-CS-3000-R Sexual Violence in Por-
nography. Administrative Council, Pharisburg
UMC, Marysville, Ohio.
1898-CS-3000-R Responsible Parenthood.
James T. Eilertsen, Virginia Beach UMC, Vir-
ginia Beach, Virginia.
1899-CS-3000-R Promote total abstinence.
Margaret N. Wilkins, Hazel Crest UMC, Hazel
Crest, Illinois.
1900-CS-3000-R Against Pornography.
Administrative Board, Trinity UMC, Wiruisor,
Connecticut.
1902-CS-3000-R Support national leaders.
Administrative Board, Gadsden Street UMC,
Pensacola, Florida.
1903-CS-3000-R Love and respect for all
minorities and cultures. D. Ross Bell, First
UMC, Stroud, Oklahoma.
1904-CS-30O0-R Israeli-Palestinian Con-
flict in the West Bank. EOH Board of Church
and Society.
2280-CS-3000-R$ Abortion. Juhani
Pietarinen, FIF + 2 other irtdividuals.
2293-CS-3000-R$ Publish information on
land value taxation. Members, Glenn Memorial
UMC, Atlanta, Georgia.
2295-CS-3000-R Boycott of Royal
Dutch/Shell. Methodist Federation for Social
Action, + Linda Sue Bailey, CIL.
2296-CS-3000-R Boycott of Royal
Dutch/Shell. Ronald Bretsch, First UMC, Nor-
wood, New York.
2297-CS-3000-R Opposition to church gifts
to terrorist groups. Administrative Board,
First UMC, Melbourne, Florida.
2298-CS-3000-R Critical conditions in East
European countries and churches. David A.
Giles, William A. Lasher, TRY, + Beth A.
Long, Saratoga UMC, Saratoga Springs, NY.
2299-CS-3000-R$ Program Department of
Alcohol and Drug Concerns. Council on Mini-
stries, Mineral Springs UMC, Mineral Springs,
North Carolina.
2300-CS-3000-R South Africa. Beverly
Perkins, Grace UMC, Gallipolis, Ohio.
2302-CS-3000-R Pursuing of peace and
democracy by democratic and peaceful means.
Barry J. Woodward, MOE.
2304-CS-3000-R Withdraw support from
Washington Office on Latin American Affeiirs.
Men's Fellowship, Asbury UMC, El Paso,
Texas.
2305-CS-3000-R$ Appoint Commission to
revise Social Principles. Rex Strickland Class,
Asbury UMC, El Paso, Texas.
2306-CS-3000-R Homeless. Rex Strickland
Class, Asbury UMC, El Paso, Texas.
2307-CS-3000-R$ Study welfare programs.
Rex Strickland Class, Asbury UMC, El Paso,
Texas.
2308-CS-3000-R Against Pornography.
Tuesday Morning Prayer and Bible Study
Group, First UMC, Farmington, New Mexico.
2309-CS-3000-R Pornography. Ladies'
Morning Bible Study Group, Killeam UMC,
Tallahassee, Florida.
2310-CS-3000-R Future use of Statement
on Agriculture and Rural Life. National
United Methodist Rural Fellowship, + 8 other
organizations and 1 individual.
2311-CS-3000-R Violence on TV. Members,
Bennett Memorial UMC, Henderson, Kentucky.
2312-CS-3000-R Implement
WHO/UNICEF Code. Tern Thomas, Walker
UMC, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
2313-CS-3000-R Rural Crisis. National
United Methodist Rural Fellowship, + 4 other
organizations.
2314-CS-3000-R Latin American Debt
Crisis. National United Methodist Rural Fel-
lowship, + NC and NE Juris. Town and
Country Associations.
2315-CS-3000-R Domestic Violence. Na-
tional United Methodist Rural Fellowship,
Legislative and Executive Committees.
2316-CS-30O0-R Sexual Violence in Por-
nography. Administrative Council, Magnolia
Springs UMC, Marysville, Ohio.
2317-CS-3000-R Military Conscription,
Training and Service. i?ei Strickland Class, As-
bury UMC, El Paso, Texas.
2318-CS-3000-RFormosan Church. Jonah
Chang, CNV, and members, Formosan UMC,
Oakland, California.
2319-CS-3000-R In support of worker in
California table grape industry. Methodists As-
sociated, Representing the Cause of Hispanic
Americans.
2321-CS-30OO-R Separation of Church and
State. George Weir Hartman, WOH.
2322-CS-30O0-R To Love the Sojourner.
Methodists Associated, Representing the Cause
of Hispanic Americans.
2323-CS-30O0-R$ Helping people who suf-
fer a famine. Veda Rahkonen, UMC, Helsinki,
Finland.
2326-CS-30O0-R$ Bishops Voting Test.
Methodists United for Peace with Justice.
2327-CS-3000-R Responsible Parenthood.
Members, First UMC, Humble, Texas.
2328-CS-3000-R Support U.S. Commission
on improving the effectiveness of the United
Nations. Franklin C. and Carolyn K. Stark,
Lake Merritt UMC, Oakland, California.
2329-CS-3000-R Against Pornography.
Members, Burgoon UMC, Burgoon, Ohio.
2330-CS-3000-R Homosexual Conduct and
Lifestyle. Administrative Council, Peace UMC,
Louisville, Ohio.
2331-CS-3000-R English-only legislation.
Board of Directors, UM Metropolitan Council
for the Niagara Frontier.
2332-CS-3000-R AIDS. Members, Trinity
UMC, Atlanta, Georgia.
2333-CS-3000-R South Africa. Administra-
tive Board, Friendship UMC, Arkadelphia,
Arkansas.
2334-CS-3000-R Black-owned farm land.
Black Methodists for Church Renewal, Inc.
2335-CS-3000-R Abstinence from tobacco,
alcohol and other drugs. TEN.
2336-CS-3000-R Abortion. Nancy J.
Smith, Waterville UMC, Waterville, Ohio.
2337-CS-3000-R Against Pornography.
Administrative Council, Williams Center As-
bury UMC, Bryan, Ohio.
2338-CS-3000-R Responsible Parenthood.
Christian Family Living Class, First UMC,
Portage, Indiana.
2339-CS-3000-R Human Sexuality. John
Lee Temeus, First UMC, Yukon, Oklahoma.
2340-CS-3000-R Drug Abuse. John Lee
Temeus, First UMC, Yukon, Oklahoma.
2341-CS-3000-R Afghanistan. John Lee
Temeus, First UMC, Yukon, Oklahoma.
2342-CS-3000-R$ Sponsor educational and
exchange programs between American and
Soviet people. Henry F. Schwarzmann, BAL.
2343-CS-3000-R Against Pornography.
Members, Red House UMC, Richmond, Ken-
tucky.
2344-CS-3000-R A Time for Peace in the
Middle East. Shirley S. Hoover, SNE.
2345-CS-3000-R In support of English as
official language of U.S. Administrative Board,
First UMC, Mt. Gilead, North Carolina.
2346-CS-3000-R In support of English as
the official language in the U.S. Administrative
Council, Trinity UMC, Louisville, Kentucky.
April 26, 1988
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
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2347-CS-3000-R Against Pornography.
Administrative Council, Grace UMC, Willard,
Ohio.
2348-CS-30O0-R Against Pornography.
Elnor Heckert, Circleville UMC, North Hun
tingdon, Pennsylvania.
2349-CS-3000-R Indoor Air Pollution
John P. Miles, LRK, and George D. McClain,
NYK, + Jo Ann Miles, St. James UMC, Little
Rock, AR.
2350-CS-3000-R Mozambique. Methodist
Federation for Social Action.
2351-CS-3000-R Southern Africa.
Methodist Federation for Social Action.
2352-CS-3000-R National Security State.
Methodist Federation for Social Action.
2353-CS-3000-R Toxic Waste and Race.
Methodist Federation for Social Action.
2355-CS-3000-R Defending Creation.
Members, First UMC, Stillwater, Minnesota.
2356-CS-3000-R Protection of society.
Members, Oakridge UMC, Oakridge, Oregon.
2357-CS-3000-R Life as a Sacred Trust.
Members, Oakridge UMC, Oakridge, Oregon.
2358-CS-3000-R Abortion. Eber and Elsie
Coil, First UMC, Flora, Illinois.
2359-CS-3000-R Against Pornography.
Administrative Board, Holy Cross UMC,
Ridgeley, West Virginia.
2360-CS-3000.R$ Peace with the USSR.
Warren K. Eister, Epworth UMC,
Gaithersburg, Maryland.
2361-CS-3000-R Against Pornography.
Lois C. Lee, West Portland UMC, Portland,
Oregon.
2362-CS-3000-R Against Pornography.
Velma Clark, UMC, Silver Springs, New York.
2363-CS-3000-R Against Pornography.
Patrick M. McNair, First UMC, Midland,
Texas.
2364-CS-3000-R Philippines. National
Federation, Asian American United Methodists.
2365-CS-3000-R "English-Plus" Move-
ment. National Federation, Asian American
United Methodists.
2366-CS-3000-R Unemployment. Stephen
J White, WVA.
2367-CS-3000-R Abortion. Administrative
Council, Peace UMC, Louisville, Ohio and Ad-
ministrative Board, McDonaldsville St. Paul
UMC, North Canton, Ohio.
2368-CS-3000-R Gun Control. David
Koopmans, Oquawka UMC, Biggsville, Illinois.
2369-CS-3000-R Sanctuary Movement.
Administrative Board, First UMC, Montrose,
Colorado.
2370-CS-3000-R Nicaragua. Administra-
tive Board, First UMC, Montrose, Colorado.
2372-CS-3000-R South Africa. AdminUtra-
live Board, First UMC, Montrose, Colorado.
2373-CS-3000-R International Nuclear
Disarmament. Administrative Board, First
UMC, Montrose, Colorado.
2374-CS-3000-R Abortion. Members,
Grand Avenue UMC, Salina, Kansas.
2375-CS-3000-R Condemn publication and
distribution of pornographic and erotic
materials. Members, St. Paul UMC, Midland,
Texas.
2376-CS-3000-R Sexual Harassment
MAW Commission on the Status and Role of
Women.
2570-CS-3OOO-R Nicaragua. Beverly
Perkins, Grace UMC, Gallipolis, Ohio.
2634-CS-3000-R EngUsh as official lan-
guage. Donald L. Walters, St. Marks UMC,
Broomall, Pennsylvania.
2642-CS-3000-R English as Official Lan-
guage of the USA. Administrative Board, Con-
cord UMC, Athens, West Virginia.
2652-CS-3000-R Rights of Native Peoples
of the Americas. Native American Internation-
al Caucus.
2653-CS-3000-R The United Methodist
Church and America's Native People. Native
American International Caucus.
215-08-3000-8$ Acquired Immune
Deficiency Syndrome and AIDS Related Com-
plex. MOW.
436-08-3000-8$ Racial Justice in the
Church. NYK.
624-08-3000-8$ Alaska Native Claims Set-
tlement Act. GBGM + NC and NE Juris.
Town and Country Asso., and National United
Methodist Rural Fellowship.
642-08-3000-8$ Genetic Science. GBCS.
1655-08-3000-8$ Study of effects of the
nuclear crisis. WPA.
1825-08-3000-8$ Establish a Study Com
mission on Chemical Dependency/Chemical
Health. RoberiD. McNeil, ORI and Roger War
ren, Montavilla UMC, Portland, Oregon.
2294-08-3000-8$ Task Force to Study pos
sible Marxist-Leninist influence upon The
United Methodist Church. AUa Nye Oxendine,
First UMC, Pembroke, North Carolina.
2301-08-3000-8$ Task Force to study ways
to present Christian view of marriage on TV,
Council on Ministries, Mineral Springs UMC,
Mineral Springs, North Carolina.
2324-08-3000-8$ Fact-fmding committee
to investigate allegations concerning air
transportation. Carol A. Colbeth,
Metropolitan Memorial UMC, Washington, DC.
2325-08-3000-8$ Task Force to study ways
to present Christian view of sexuality on TV.
Council on Ministries, Mineral Springs UMC,
Mineral Springs, North Carolina.
2371-08-3000-8$ Study to understand na-
ture of homosexuality. Administrative Board,
First UMC, Montrose, Colorado.
2660-08-3000-8$ Surrogate Motherhood.
Members, West Chelmsford UMC, West
Chelmsford, Massachusetts.
Discipleship
2116-DI-200-D Exhorter. Cari L. Pocock,
UMC, Burton City, Ohio.
54-DI-275-D Change "Lay Speaker" to "Lay
Minister". CNV.
392-DI-275-D Ministries with All Language
and Cultural Groups. GCRR.
706-DI-275-D Lay Speaker. GBOD.
1764-DI-275-D Change "Lay Speaking" to
"Lay Ministry". KEN Committee on Laity.
1960-DI-275-D Reporting names of ap-
plicants for Lay Speaker. Ruby Cairns, Asbury
UMC, Canton, Ohio.
707-DI-276-D Certified Lay Speaker.
GBOD.
393-DI-277-D Ministries with All Language
and Cultural Groups. GCRR.
708-DI-277-D Certification of Certified Lay
Speaker. GBOD.
778-DI-635-D Jurisdictional Committee on
United Methodist Men. GBOD.
118-DI-700-D Conference Board of the
Laity. MEM.
117-DI-729-D Camping Ministries. WML
174-DI-729-D Conference Lay Life and
Work. GCOM.RIO.
788-DI-729-D Conference Board of Dis-
cipleship. GBOD.
789-DI-729-D Responsibilities of Con-
ference Board of Discipleship. GBOD.
790-DI-729-D Responsibilities of Con-
ference Board of Discipleship. GBOD.
1451-DI.729-D Conference Board of the
Laity. Lonnie D. Brooks, Christ UMC, Sugar
Land, Texas.
2252-DI-729-D Conference Board of the
Laity. National Association, Annual Con-
ference Lay Leaders.
2463-DI-729-D Responsibilities of Con-
ference Board of Discipleship. CAP Cabinet +
2 other individuals.
1453-DI-746-D District Lay Leader. Lonnie
D. Brooks, Christ UMC, Sugar Land, Texas.
1539-DI-1202-D Responsibilities of
General Board of Discipleship. Fred C. Baum,
DSW, Thomas J. Howard, NIL, and Paul E.
Mertz, TEX + 6 other youth directors.
1793-DI-1202-D Responsibilities of
General Board of Discipleship. Orin Gard,
OhmerPark UMC, Dayton, Ohio.
2189-DI-1202-D Responsibilities of
General Board of Discipleship. Arthur W.
Swarthout, NEB.
811-DI-1204-D Membership of General
Board of Discipleship. GBOD.
812-DI-1208-D Education Responsibilities.
GBOD.
2589-DI-1209-D$ Native American Aware-
ness Convocation. Native American Interna-
tional Caucus.
413-DI-1210-D Mission Education
Program. GCRR.
813-DI-1210-D Ministry to Persons with
Handicapping Conditions. GBHM.
814-DI-1211-D Church School Extension.
GBOD.
815-DI-1212-DEvangeUsm. GBOD.
816-DI-1213-D Evangelism Respon-
sibilities. GBOD.
414-DM214-D Worship Responsibilities.
GCRR.
817-DI-1214-D Worship. GBOD.
818-DI-1214-D Worship Responsibilities.
GBOD.
819-DM214-D Worship Responsibilities.
GCRR.
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DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
April 26, 1988
820-DM214-D Worship Responsibilities.
GBOD.
2190-DI-1214-D Duties of Section on Wor-
ship. Paul F. Perry, SWT.
821-DM215-D Stewardship. GBOD.
1043-DI-1215-D Joint Committee on
Stewardship. ACST.
1152-DI-1215-D Stewardship Respon-
sibilities of the Genertil Board of Discipleship.
GCFA.
822-DM217-D Ministiy of the Laity.
GBOD.
142-DI-1218-D Leadership Development
and Training Possibilities. MEM.
823-DI-1218-D Leadership and Ministry
Development. GBOD.
824-DM219-D Age-Level and Family Min-
istries. GBOD.
2043-DI-1219-D Add Scouting to Age Level
tmd Family Ministries responsibilities. Wil-
liam E. Ballard, IWA + NC and NE Jurisdic-
tion, Town and Country Asso. ■^ Nat UM Rural
Fellowship.
415-DI-1220-D Committee on FamUy Life.
GCRR.
1492-DI-1221-D Comprehensive Youth
Ministiy. Fred C. Baum, DSW, Thomas J.
Howard, NIL, + 6 directors of youth ministries.
894-DI-1222-D United Methodist Men.
GBOD.
825-DI-1224-D Curriculum Resources
Committee. GBOD.
826-DI-1226-D Relationships. GBOD.
827-DI-1227-D The Editor of Church
School Publications. GBOD.
828-DI-1228-D Membership of Curriculum
Resources Committee. GCAH.
829-DI-1228-D Membership of Curriculum
Resources Committee. GBOD.
554-DI-1300-D National Youth Ministry
Organization Convocation. NYMO.
555-DI-1300-D National Youth Ministry
Organization Legislative Assembly. NYMO.
556-DI-1300-D National Youth Ministry
Organization Steering Committee. NYMO.
557-DI-1300-D Staff, National Youth Mini-
stry Organization. NYMO.
558-DI-1300-D Youth Service Fund.
NYMO, SONY.
559-DI-1300-D Project Review Committee.
NYMO, SONY.
560-DI-1300-D$ National Youth Ministry
Organization Funding. NYMO, SONY.
1046-DI-1300-D National Youth Ministry
Organization Convocation. SCNY.
1047-DI-1300-D National Youth Ministry
Organization Caucus. SCNY.
1048-DM300-D National Youth Ministry
Organization Steering Committee. SCNY.
1049-DM300-D Staff-National Youth
Ministry Organization. SCNY.
550-DM301-D National Youth Ministiy
Organization. NYMO, SCNY.
1265-DI-1301-D National Youth Ministry
Organization. FredC. Baum, DSW, Thomas J.
Howard, NIL, and Paul E. MerU, TEX + 6
other youth directors.
1493-DM301-D National Youth Ministry
Organization. Kevin K. Slimp, First UMC,
Lakeland, Florida.
5S1-DI-1302-D Accountability of National
Youth Ministries. NYMO.
1044-DI-1302-D Accountability of National
Youth Ministry Organization. SCNY.
1494-DI-1302-D Delete Par. 1302.1-4 and
renumber Par. 1302.5. Fred C. Baum, DSW,
Thomas J. Howard, NIL, and Paul E. MerU,
TEX + 5 other youth directors.
1570-DI-1302-D Delete Par. 1302. KevinK.
Slimp, First UMC, Lakeland, Florida.
652-DI-1303-D Purpose of National Youth
Ministry Organization. NYMO, SCNY.
1495-DI-1303-D National Youth Ministry
Organization Funding. Fred C. Baum, DSW,
Thomas J. Howard, NIL, and Paul E. MerU,
TEX + 6 other youth directors.
553-DI-1304-D Structure of National Youth
Ministry Organization. NYMO.
1045-DI-1304-D Structure of National
Youth Ministry Organization. SCNY.
1496-DI-1304-D Delete Par. 1304. KevinK.
Slimp, First UMC, Lakeland, Florida.
1743-DI-3000-D Use New International
Version of the Bible in Psalter and other read-
ings. Administrative Council, First UMC. Car-
dington, and Administrative Board, Church of
the Cross, WoosUr, Ohio.
253-DI-3000-M Hymnal revision. Ad-
ministrative Council, St Paul UMC, College,
Alaska.
254-DI-3000-M Retain "Have Thine Own
Way". Members, Strange Creek UMC, Strange
Creek, West Virginia.
2S6-DI-3000-M Hymnal revision. Ad-
ministrative Board, Saxton UMC, Saxton, Pen-
nsylvania
257-DI-3000-M Communion Ritual. Wil-
liam Welsh, St James UMC, Miamisburg,
Ohio.
528-DI-3000-M God Our Father. Grace E.
Drake, First UMC, Pontiac, Illinois.
251-DI-3000-R Resources for AIDS Educa-
tion. TRY.
252-DI-3000-R Metronome Tempo
Markins in Hymnal. TRY.
25S-DI-3000-R Include "Battle Hymn of the
Republic" and "Onward, Christian Soldiers" in
new hymnal. Odie Gregg, NAL + 3 local chur-
ches.
258-DI-3000-R On Biblical Language. NIN.
259-DI-3000-R Family Enrichment
Resources. NIN.
265-DI-3000-R Kingdomtide. CAP.
529-DI-3000-R Full report of the Hymnal
Revision Committee. HYMC.
657-DI-3000-R Book of Worship. GBOD.
661-DI-3000-RThe United MethodistHym-
nal. GBOD, GBPB.
1027-DI-3000-R Hymnal revision. Church
Conference, First UMC, Atlanta, Texas.
1028-DI-3000-R Sunday school literature.
Church Conference, First UMC, Atlanta, Texas.
1057-DI-3000-R Report of the
NYMO/NOD Study Committee. SCNY.
1058-DI-3000-R Recommendations from
NYMO/BOD Study Committee. SCNY.
1073-DI-3000-R Hymnal revision. Mem-
bers, Albright UMC, St Petersburg, Florida.
109S-DI-3000-R Enabling Petition.
HYMC.
1103-DI-3000-R Hymnal revision. Bert
Ballengee, Polk Street UMC, Amarillo, Texas.
1269-DI-3000-R Ritual of "Solemnization of
Marriage". Delia Grace Cox, Fountain City
UMC, Knoxville, Tennessee.
1336-DI-3000-R Hymnal revision. Mem-
bers, Highland Springs UMC, Highland
Springs, Virginia.
1345-DI-3000-R Hymnal revision. Ad-
ministrative Board, Centenary UMC, Lexi-
ngton, Kentucky.
1346-DI-3000-R Inclusive language in the
hymnal. Administrative Board, Campbell
UMC, Campbell, New York -f 2 individuals.
1358-DI-3000-R Terms of reference to the
Deity. Administrative Boards, San Jacinto
UMC, Amarillo, Channing & Middlewell
UMCs, Channing and UMC,Lazbuddie + mem-
bers, 10th Ave. UMC, Amarillo, Texas.
1383-DI-3000-R Hymnal Revision. Ad-
ministrative Board, Levy UMC, North Little
Rock, Arkansas.
1385-DI-3000-R Liturgical Language.
Members, Emmanuel UMC, Penns Grove, New
Jersey.
1387-DI-3000-R Retain traditional
Trinitarian formula. J. Cecil Williamson,
NMS, + 19 local churches and 3 individuals.
1388-DI-3000-R Changes to the Bible.
Members, Mount Israel UMC, Tunnelton, West
Virginia.
1403-DI-3000-R Use and endorsement of
Bible translations. Administrative Council,
Paulding UMC, Paulding, Ohio.
142 1-DI-3000-R Inclusive Language. Holly
Swihart, UMC, Leachville, Arkansas.
1488-DI-3000-R Terminology in Service of
Holy Commimion. Maurice E. Graham,
Chalybeate UMC, Hillsboro, Alabama.
1497-DI-3000-R Keep hymnal as is. The
Seekers, First UMC, Lindale, Texas.
1502-DI-3000-R Retain traditional
Trinitarian formula and Scriptural terms for
deity. Members, Christ UMC, Kingston, Rhode
Island.
1515-DI-3000-R Use of inclusive language.
Administrative Board, Utica Asbury UMC,
Frankfort, New York.
1527-DI-3000-R Use of inclusive language
in educationcd materials. Administrative
Boards, St John and Fairview UMCs,
Stoutsville, Ohio.
1528-DI-300O-R Inclusive Language. Ad-
ministrative Council, Gardnertown UMC, New-
burgh, New York.
1S40-DI-3000-R Use Revised Standard Ver-
sion of the Bible in Psalter and other readings.
Administrative Board, Alger Memorial UMC,
Eaton, Colorado.
1545-DI-3000-R The Trinity. Administra-
tive Council, Rutland UMC, Rutland, Ohio.
April 26, 1988
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
37
1559-DI-3000-R Inclusive language for
Scripture and Hymnal. J. Quintan Covington,
NCA + members, Midway-Bethlehem Charge,
Swansboro, NC.
1560-DI-3000-R No change in wording of
Bible, hymned or liturgy. Administrative Coun-
cil, Fairview UMC, Texarkana, Arkansas.
1566-DI-3000-R Retain historic and biblical
Trinitarian formula. OrenD. Schaffer, WOH +
3 local churches.
1568-DI-3000-R Use of All-inclusive lan-
guage. Administrative Council, Harrison
Chapel UMC, Killen, AlabamcL
1597-DI-3000-R God the Father. Dorine G.
Jenkins, Asbury UMC, Utica, New York.
1598-DI-3000-R Opposed to changing to
non-biblical language. Sunday School class.
First UMC, Clyde, Texas.
1599-DI-3000-R Retain liturgical referen-
ces. Administrative Board, Putnam City UMC,
Oklahoma City, OklahomcL
1600-DI-3000-R Terminology in the Scrip-
tures. Members, Elwood UMC, Midway, Texas.
1604-DI-3000-R Faith in the Holy Trinity.
Members, First UMC, Stillwater, Oklahoma.
1664-DI-3000-R AMENs on hymns. Ad-
ministrative Board, Grace UMC, Topeka, Kan-
sas.
1665-DI-3000-R Historical Trinitarian
Ltinguage. Administrative Board, Oak Grove
UMC, Decatur, Georgia.
1666-DI-3000-R Use of inclusive language.
Administrative Board, UMC, Mt. Bethel,
Alabama, Administrative Council, Wesley
Chapel UMC, Florence, Alabama and members.
First UMC, Liverpool, New York.
1667-DI-3000-R Retain traditional referen-
ces to Trinity. Administrative Board, UMC,
Berryville, Arkansas.
1668-DI-3000-R Use traditional language
in new Book of Worship. Adminis/raftue Board,
Alger Memorial UMC, Eaton, Colorado.
1669-DI-3000-R Inclusive Language. Ad-
ministrative Board, Waterville UMC, Wate'r-
ville, Ohio.
1670-DI-3000-R Include "In the Garden" in
new hymnal. Owen S. Aspinall, Palisade
UMC, Palisade, Colorado.
1671-DI-3000-R Traditional language. Ad-
ministrative Board, Church of the Cross,
Wooster, Ohio.
1672-DI-3000-R Retain traditional
Trinitarian formula in liturgy. Estell Casebier,
LVL, Paul Jaw, NNJ, E. C. Johnson, VIR +
18 local churches and 5 individuals.
1673-DI-3000-R Inclusive Language.
United Methodist Women, Chelyan UMC,
Chelyan, West Virginia.
1674-DI-3000-R Inclusive Language. John
M. McCormack, NAK.
1675-DI-3000-R Hymnal and Hymnal Lan-
guage. Members, UMC, Manlius, and Delphi
Falls UMC, Cazenovia, New York.
1676-DI-3000-R Resources for local church
libraries. Maryann J. Dotts, Cape Coral First
UMC, Cape Coral, Florida.
1677-DI-3000-R Prohibit displaying nation-
al flag in sanctuary. Norman E. Smith, SNJ.
1678-DI-3000-R Retain language of present
hymnal in hynms, ritual and responsive read-
ings. Administrative Board, First UMC, Port
St. Joe, Florida.
1679-DI-3000-R Use scriptural language in
liturgy. Administrative Council, Oceanport
UMC, Oceanport, New Jersey.
1680-DI-30O0-R Inclusive language in the
Bible. Administrative Council, Washington
UMC, Washington, Kentiicky.
1685-DI-3000-R Inclusive Language and Its
Limits. Pastor-Parish Relations Committee,
Stehman Memorial UMC, Millersville, Pen-
nsylvania.
1686-DI-3000-R Inclusive Language. Mem-
bers, Maynard Avenue UMC, Columbus, Ohio.
1687-DI-3000-R Inclusive Language. Mem-
bers, Sidney-Zephyr UM Charge, Zephyr, Texas.
1688-DI-3000-R Retain Scriptural
Trinitarian formula. Members, First UMC,
Glassboro, New Jersey.
1693-DI-3000-R Retain original intent of
authors of hymns. Administrative Board, Oak-
land UMC, Marion, Ohio.
1740-DI-3000-R Apostles' Creed. Shelton
Spivey, Whaleyville UMC, Suffolk, Virginia.
1741-DI-3000-R Footnote in new hymnal
explaining "catholic". Bernard S. Via Jr., VIR,
+ members of 3 local churches and 1 individual.
1742-DI-3000-R Passing communion ele-
ments. Anna E. Umbarger, Mt. Vernon Place
UMC, Washington, DC.
1744-DI-3000-R Worship and the Trinity.
Administrative Council, First UMC, Car-
ding ton, Ohio.
1745-DI-3000-R Include "Arise, My Soul,
Arise" in new hymnal. Riley B. Case, NIN,
Robert D. Snyder, EOH, and Michael W.
Walker, NTX + 3 local churches.
1746-DI-3000-R Use of inclusive language.
Administrative Board, Wesley UMC, Fostoria,
Ohio.
1754-DI-3000-R Book of Worship. Ad-
ministrative Board, First UMC, Plymouth,
Michigan.
1816-DI-3000-R Inclusive Language. Mem-
bers, Burgoon UMC, Burgoon, Ohio.
1905-DI-3000-R Use of inclusive language.
Administrative Council, First UMC, Crosbyton,
Texas.
1906-DI-3000-R Inclusive language in wor-
ship. Leon H. Hevener, WVA.
1911-DI-3000-R Hymnal Revision. Mem-
bers, St. Charles UMC, St. Charles, Arkansas.
2377-DI-3000-R Retain original words of
Charles Wesley's hymns in new hymnal.
Howard L. Lydick, First UMC, Richardson,
Texas.
2378-DI-3000-R$ Hold School of Evan-
geUsm for Native Americans. Native American
International Caucus.
2379-DI-3000-R Statement of Faith for new
hymnal. Members, Swaim Memorial UMC,
Jacksonville, Florida.
2380-DI-3000-R Approve new hymnal
without further inclusions or deletions. Mem-
bers, West Chelmsford UMC, West Chelmsford,
Massachusetts.
2381-DI-3000-R$ Develop program to
strengthen Native American family. Native
American International Caucus.
2382-DI-3000-R Appreciation to leaders
Eind members of Hymnal Revision Committee.
EOH Commission on the Status and Role of
Women.
2383-DI-3000-R$ National Convocation for
Native American Youth. Native American In-
ternational Caucus.
2384-DI-3000-R$ Resources on Black
Family Life. Black Methodists for Church
Renewal, Inc.
2385-DI-3000-R Include "Those Who Love
and Those Who Labor" in new hymnal. David
Ritchie, Liverpool UMC, Liverpool, New York.
2386-DI-3000-R Opposition to fermented
wine in Service of Holy Communion. Leon H.
Hevener, WVA.
2387-DI-3000-R Hymnal Revision. Mem-
bers, Swaim Memorial UMC, Jacksonville,
Florida.
2388-DI-3000-R$ Resources for families of
incarcerated persons. Black Methodists for
Church Renewal, Inc.
2389-DI-3000-R Prohibit change in United
Methodist hymnals. Claude D. Page, Forest
Park UMC, Lima, Ohio.
2390-DI-3000-R Use a standard authorized
translation of the Bible in Psalter of new hym-
nal. Michael W. Walker, NTX.
2391-DI-3000-R Include "Bring Many
Names" in new hymnal. Gerarda Louise Sem-
ran, DET, + Methodist Federation for Social
Action.
2392-DI-3000-R Be faithful to Articles of
Religion in new hymnal. Administrative
Board, Oakwood UMC, Lubbock, Texas.
2394-DI-3000-R$ Resources for Class
Meetings. Veda Rahkonen, UMC, Helsinki,
Finland.
2395-DI-30O0-R Psalter. Council on Mini-
stries, Lacon UMC, Lacon, Illinois.
2396-DI-3000-R Include "Stand Up, Stand
Up for Jesus" in new hymnal. Members, St.
Stephen's UMC, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
2397-DI-3000-R Exclude "Strong Mother
God" from new hymnal. Members, St. Stephen's
UMC, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
2398-DI-3000-R Ritual for Infant Dedica-
tion. Members, First UMC, Welch, West Vir-
ginia.
2399-DI-3000-R Service of Baptism. Adele
A. Niblack, St. Andrew UMC, Florissant, Mis-
souri.
2400-DI-3000-R Service of Baptism. Philip
M. Niblack, MOE.
2401-DI-3000-R Service of Christian Mar-
riage. Ronald D. Pogue, TEX.
2402-DI-3000-R Service of Christian Mar-
riage. David H. Nikkei, EOH.
2403-DI-3000-R Oppose establishing offi-
cial United Methodist creed. Administrative
Board, First UMC, Murrysville, Pennsylvania.
2404-DI-3000-R Reception into The United
Methodist Church. Max E. Goldman, IWA.
38
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
April 26, 1988
2405-DI-30O0-R Alternate Psalter. Ad-
ministrative Board, Virginia Beach UMC, Vir-
ginia Beach, Virginia.
2406-DI-3000-R Include "Strong Mother
God" in new hymnal. Quentin L. Hand, NGA +
Administrative Council, Grant Park-Aldersgate
UMC, Atlanta, Georgia.
2407-DI-3000-R Image of God as Father.
Members, Wesley Chapel UMC, Ruston,
Louisiana.
2491-DI-3000-R Retain present position on
Trinitarian understanding of God. Ad-
ministrative Board, Spring Woods UMC, Hous-
ton, Texas.
2492-DI-3000-R Reject legislating specific
references to God in worship. Sally W. Daniel
and Quentin L. Hand, NGA.
2493-DI-3000-R Hymnal revision. Ad-
ministrative Council, Cloverdale UMC, Clover-
dale, Alabama.
2494-DI-3000-R Language about God. Es-
tellR. Casebier, LVL.
2495-DI-3000-R Opposition to changing
the Word. Members, Mount Israel UMC,
Evansville, West Virginia.
2496-DI-3000-R Inclusive language. Elene
Rushing, Massac UMC, Paducah, Kentucky.
2497-DI-3000-R Inclusive language. Maxi-
ne Manering, Ashford UMC, Houston, Texas.
2498-DI-3000-R Hymnal revision. Mem-
bers, Hickory Ridge-Tilton Charge, Hickory
Ridge, Arkansas.
2499-DI-3000-R Hymnal revision. Mem-
bers, Oakland UMC, Marion, Ohio.
2500-DI-3000-R Standards for Trinitarian
references in United Methodist literature and
liturgy. Members, St Paul UMC, Midland,
Texas.
2502-DI-3000-R Service of Baptism. Ad-
ministrative Councils, Hampton, Harrell and
Faustina UMCs, Hampton, Arkansas.
2503-DI-3000-R Inclusive language. Mem-
bers, Burgoon UMC, Burgoon, Ohio.
2504-DI-3000-R Addressing the Trinity.
Church Conference, Trinity UMC, Atlanta,
Georgia.
2505-DI-3000-R Inclusive language. Nancy
J. Smith, Waterville UMC, Waterville, Ohio.
2506-DI-3000-R Inclusive language. Mem-
bers, Trinity UMC, Oswego, New York.
2507-DI-3000-R Hymnal revision. Ad-
ministrative Board, Faith UMC, Vernon, Texas.
2508-DI-3000-R Hymnal revision. Ad-
ministrative Board, Holy Cross UMC, Ridgeley,
West Virginia.
2510-DI-3000-R Hynmal revision. Donna
B. Hooker, UMC, Leachville, Arkansas.
2511-DI-3000-R Hymnal revision. Nation-
al Federation, Asian American United
Methodists.
2512-DI-3000-R "O, For a Thousand Ton-
gues to Sing" in new hymnal. Members, St
Stephen's UMC, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
2S13-DI-3000-R Hymnal revision. Ad-
ministrative Board, Prospect Park UMC, Min-
neapolis, Minnesota.
25 14-DI-3000-R Retain present language in
worship and ritual. Members, First UMC,
Haleyville, Alabama.
2516-DI-3000-R$ Separate English and
Sptmish hymnals. Young Adult Sunday School
Class, Corinth UMC, Cunningham, Kentucky.
2516-DI-3000-R Hymnal language. Mem-
bers, Grand Avenue UMC, Salina, Kansas.
2517-DI-3000-R Retain historic and biblical
Trinitarian formula in total liturgy. Members,
Hope UMC, Whitehouse, Ohio.
2518-DI-3000-R Hymnal revision. Ad-
ministrative Board, Friendship UMC, Arkadel-
phia, Arkansas.
2519-DI-3000-R Hymnal revision. Wesley
Class, Henderson UMC, Little Rock, Arkansas.
2520-DI-3000-R Terms "Negro Spiritual"
and "African-American" in new hymnal. Black
Methodists for Church Renewal, Inc.
2521-DI-3000-R Hymnal revision. Ad-
ministrative Board, Virginia Beach UMC, Vir-
ginia Beach, Virginia.
2522-DI-3000-R Use of Trinitarian lan-
guage in liturgy. Members, Marquis Memorial
UMC, Staunton, Virginia.
2523-DI-3000-R The Trinity in hymnology
and liturgy. Administrative Board, St Paul
UMC, El Campo, Texas.
2524-DI-3000-R Use of Trinitarian formula
in United Methodist literature and hymneils.
Administrative Board, First UMC, Cherokee,
Alabama.
2525-DI-3000-R Hymnal revision. Afem-
bers, Jamestown UMC, Jamestown, Ohio.
2526-DI-3000-R Hymnal revision. Mary
Lou Wurth, Corinth UMC, Cunningham, Ken-
tucky.
2527-DI-3000-R Reception of Members.
Members, Embury UMC, Millington, Ten-
nessee.
2528-DI-3000-R Use of inclusive language
in worship materials. Afemiers, UMCs, Ashford
andPlymouth, New Hampshire, andMerrimac-
port, Massachusetts.
2529-DI-3000-R Opposition to use of con-
flictive language in publications, institutions
and teachings of UMC. Administrative Board,
Killen UMC, Killen, Alabama.
2530-DI-3000-R Psalter. Members, First
UMC, Wellington, Texas.
2635-DI-3000-R Metrical markings. D.
Jean Hanson, Bethany UMC, Tacoma,
Washington.
2636-DI-3000-R Book of Hymns and Songs.
D. Jean Hanson, Bethany UMC, Tacoma,
Washington.
2658-DI-3000-R$ Study "inclusive lan-
guage" of the Scriptures. Adminis/ra/iye Board,
Hayes UMC, Fremont, Ohio.
658-DI-3000-S$ Meaning of Baptism.
GBOD.
1263-DI-3000-S$ Study Commission on the
Organization of Loced United Methodist Chur-
ches. Charles A. Sayre, SNJ.
1270-DI-3000-S$ Joint Committee to Plan
Mission Education for Children. SWT United
Methodist Women.
Financial Administration
106-FA-700-D Basic Salary Plan. CPA,
SNE, WYO.
107-FA-700-D Basic Salary Plan. CPA.
108-FA-700-D Basic Salary Plan. WYO.
1 13-FA-700-D Shared Salary Option. EPA,
NIL, NIN, NYK, ORI, SIN, TRY, WNY, WVA,
+ Methodist Federation for Social Action.
260-FA-700-D District Council on Finance
and Administration. Jim Beal, NAK.
2003-FA-700-D Basic Salary Plan. William
E. Ballard, IWA + NC, NE, SE Jurisdiction,
WOH Toledo Dist Town and Country Associa-
tions.
2174-FA-700-D Basic Salary Plan. United
Methodist Appalachian Development Commit-
tee, and National UM Rural Fellowship, Leg. &
Ex. Cams.
1773-FA-707-D Optional Conference Coun-
cil on Finance and Administration. Barrett
Renfro, SWT.
401-FA-708-D Membership of Conference
Council on Finance and Administration.
GCRR.
526-FA-708-D Conference Council on
Finance and Administration. Gary L. Ball-Kil-
boume, NDK.
1069-FA.708-D Director of Administra-
tion/Treasurer. Association of Annual Con-
ference Treasurers.
1110-FA-708-D Ex-ofTicio members of the
Conference Council on Finance and Ad-
nunistration. GCOM.
1427-FA-708-D Membership of Conference
Council on Finemce and Administration. Char-
les Dailey, EOH.
402-FA-709-D Responsibilities of Con-
ference Council on Finance and Administra-
tion. GCRR.
1070-FA-709-D Director of Administra-
tion/Treasurer. Association of Annual Con-
ference Treasurers.
1402-FA-709-D Responsibilities of Con-
ference Council on Finance and Administra-
tion. Loran G. Birch, Klamath UMC of the
Redwoods, Klamath, California.
1554-FA-709-D Extend funding prohibi-
tion. Administrative Boards, UMCs, Armona
andLaton, California.
2009-FA-709-D Responsibilities of Con-
ference Council on Finance and Administra-
tion. Administrative Council, Calvary UMC,
Chicago, Illinois.
102-FA-710-D Conference Benevolences
Budget. KEN.
1583-FA-710-D Annual Conference
budgets. Charles Dailey, EOH.
1640-FA-710-D Budgets. DonL. Forsman,
NMX.
103-FA-711-D Apportionments. KEN.
2010-FA-711-D Apportionments. Ad-
ministrative Council, First UMC, San Augus-
tine, Texas.
2173-FA-711-D Apportionments. Paul F.
Perry, SWT.
2629-FA-711-D Apportionments. Paul
Wesley, LSA + 3 other individuals.
April 26, 1988
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
39
1135-FA-713-D Annual Conference Audits.
GCFA.
2011-FA-713-D Audits. Western Jurisdic-
tion College of Bishops.
104-FA-715-D Conference Treasurer.
KEN.
105-FA-715-D Conference Treasurer. WIS.
1071-FA-715-D Director of Administra-
tion/Treasurer. Association of Annual Con-
ference Treasurers.
1136-FA-715-D Annual Conference Direc-
tor of Administration/ Treasurer. GCFA.
1585-FA-715-D Conference treasurer.
Charles Dailey, EOH.
1072-FA-716-D Director of Administra-
tion/Treasurer. Association of Annual Con-
ference Treasurers.
1366-FA-717-D Ministerial Support Char-
les Dailey, EOH.
963-FA-718-D Change "salaiy" to "support".
Alex Borsos, Jr, SNJ.
1367-FA-718-D Ministerial Support. Char-
les Dailey, EOH.
1368-FA-719-D Ministerial Support. Char-
les Dailey, EOH.
109-FA-722-D Equitable Salaries. CNV.
110-FA-722-D Equitable Salaries. CPA.
111-FA-722-D Equitable Salaries. NMS.
112-FA-722-D Equitable Salaries. HOL.
403-FA-722-D Commission on Equitable
Salaries. GCRR.
785-FA-722-D Commission on Equitable
Salaries. GBHM.
1137-FA-722-D Equitable Salaries. GCFA
1138-FA-722-D Equitable Salaries. GCFA
1139-FA-722-D Equitable Salaries. GCFA
1481-FA-722-D Editorial correction. Na-
tional Association of Commissions on Equi-
table, Salaries.
1774-FA-722-D Pastors' Salaries. Western
Jurisdiction College of Bishops.
1775-FA-722-D Optional Committee on
Equitable Salaries. BarreU Renfro, SWT.
2250-FA-722-D Clergy Couples. Marcus
Blaising, NIN + 9 other individuals.
908-FA-723-D Sustentation Fund. GCFA
506-FA-724-D Pastoral Compensation.
Perry S. Miller, WNC.
2012-FA-724-D Reporting of salary sup-
port. William R. Keeffe, NHA
1140-FA-735-D Episcopal Residence Com-
mittee. GCFA
126-FA-736-D Delete Par. 736.4. NAL.
407-FA-736-D Conference Board of Pen-
sions. GCRR.
961-FA-736-D Proportional Payment.
GBPN.
1326-FA-736-D Proportional Payment.
Administrative Council, St. Paul UMC, College,
Alaska.
1783-FA-736-D Membership of Conference
Board of Pensions. Leonard D. Slutz, Hyde Park
Community UMC, Cincinnati, Ohio.
1872-FA-736-D Board of Pensions. Gerald
A. Beam, Trinity UMC, Wilmette, Illinois.
2023-FA-736-D Loss of pension annuity due
to pastoral chcirge not paying apportionments.
William E. Ballard, IWA + NE Jurisdiction,
Town and Country Asso. + Nat UM Rural Fel-
lowship.
2024-FA-736-D Conference Board of Pen-
sions. William R. Keeffe, NHA
2180-FA-736-D Proportional Payment Es-
tellR. Casebier, LVL.
1142-FA-905-D General Council on
Finance tind Administration Organization.
GCFA
1791-FA-905-D Membership of General
Council on Finance and Administration.
LeonardD. Slutz, HydePark Community UMC,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
137-FA-906-D Retain Par. 906.12. DET,
EOH, EPA, FLA, HOL, KEN, LVL, NCA, NDK,
NWT, SGA, SIL + 421 local groups and 56 in-
dividuals.
138-FA-906-D Delete Par. 906.12. GCSW,
NYMO, CNV, PNW, WIS, + 3 local groups and
2 individuals.
139-FA-906-D No curb on discussion,
debate or education. MOE, NIL, NYK, PNW,
RKM, TRY, + Methodist Federation for Social
Action.
266-FA-906-D Apportionment Cap. Wil-
liam C. Mason, OKL + 98 local churches and
20 individuals.
512-FA-906-D Addition to Par. 906.12.
GBCS.
807-FA-906-D Amend Par. 906.12. GBOD.
940-FA-906-D Funding of Study. ORL
1118-FA-906-D Distribution from the
Worid Service Fund. GCFA, GCOM.
1143-FA-906-D United Methodist Founda-
tions. GCFA
1373-FA-906-D Amend Par. 906.12.
Church Conference, Paradise Hills UMC, Albu-
querque, New Mexico.
1483-FA-906-D Amend Par. 906.12. Wen-
dell A Meggs, TEN.
1531-FA-906-D$ No curb on discussion on
homosexuality. Administrative Council,
Gardnertown UMC, Newburgh, New York.
1875-FA-906-D Amend Par. 906.12. Wil-
liam and Penny M. E. Pritchett, Union UMC,
Bridgeville, Delaware.
1876-FA-906-D Amend Par. 906.12. Mar-
garet and M. E. Manlove, Union UMC,
Bridgeville, Delaware.
1877-FA-906-D Prohibit funding of abor-
tion on demand. Administrative Board, West
Lafayette UMC, West Lafayette, and Council on
Ministries, Rittman UMC, Rittman, Ohio.
2036-FA-906-D Amend Par. 906.12. Mem-
bers, Wesley UMC, Shiloh, and Camden UMC,
Camden, North Carolina
2037-FA-906-D Apportionment formula.
Administrative Council, First UMC, Baird,
Texas.
2038-FA-906-D Responsibilities of General
Council on Finance and Administration. Ad-
ministrative Council, First UMC, Baird, Texas.
2185-FA-906-D Amend Par. 906.12. Quen-
tin L. Hand, NGA.
2259-FA-906-D Fiscal responsibilities.
Marcus Blaising, NIN + Victor Goldschmidt,
St. Andrew UMC, West Lafayette, Indiana.
2260-FA-906-D Funding of non-inclusive
groups. Marcus Blaising, NIN + 3 other in-
dividuals.
1039-FA-907-D Joint Committee on
Stewardship. ACST.
1119-FA-907-D Administrative Respon-
sibilities. GCOM.
1144-FA-907-D Administrative Respon-
sibilities of the General Council on Finance and
Administration. GCFA
1145-FA-907-D Administrative Respon-
sibilities of the General Council on Finance and
Administration. GCFA
1146-FA-907-D Administrative Respon-
sibilities of the General Council on Finance and
Administration. GCFA
1484-FA-907-D Amend Par. 907.13. Na-
tional Association of Commission on Equitable,
2186-FA-907.D Responsibilities of General
Council on Finance and Administration. Ted
Gingrich, First UMC, Yuba City, California.
140-FA-911-D General PoUcies. WPA.
170-FA-911-D General PoUcies. GCOAf,
RIO.
1147-FA-911-D General Policies Related to
General Funds. GCFA
1148-FA-911-D General Policies Related to
General Funds. GCFA
141-FA-912-D Revision of benevolence
statement WPA
267-FA-912-D World Service Fund. R.
Snyder, EOH, P. Wesley, LSA, E. Stiirzemack-
er, SIL + 63 local churches and 20 individuals.
2039-FA-912-D Apportionments. Ad-
ministrative Council, First UMC, Baird, Texas.
2040-FA-912-D World Service Fund. Ad-
ministrative Board, Grace UMC, Willard, Ohio.
2261-FA-912-D Apportionments. Marcus
Blaising, NIN + Victor Goldschmidt, SL
Andrew UMC, West Lafayette, Indiana
1120-FA-913-D Promotion ofWorid Service
Special Gifts. GCFA, GCOM.
384-FA-920-D Temporary General Aid
Fund. SCA
914-FA-920-D Temporaiy General Aid
Fund. GCFA
268-FA-921-D Ministerial Education Fund.
Administrative Council, St. Paul UMC, College,
Alaska, and William C. Mason, OKL.
411-FA-921-D Temporary General Aid
Fund. GCRR.
809-FA-921-D Ministerial Education Fund.
GBHM.
1736-FA-921-D Ministerial Education
Fund. Robert D. Snyder, EOH.
2041-FA-921-D Ministerial Education
Fund. Administrative Councils, Thurman and
Vega UMCs, Administrative Board, UMC,
Prospect, Ohio.
2630-FA-923-D Delete Par. 923. Paul Wes-
ley, LSA + 3 individuals.
1149-FA-924-D Bishops' Compensation
and Expense Allowances. GCFA
2631-FA-925-D Episcopal Fund. Paul Wes-
ley, LSA + 3 other individuals.
1150-FA-930-D Bishops' Pensions. GCFA
40
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
April 26, 1988
1151-FA-931-D Compensation of Bishops
Relieved of Episcopal Duties. GCFA.
915-FA-932-D Compensation of Retired
Bishops Recalled to Active Service. GCFA.
1126-FA- 1602-D Membership of the
General Board of Pensions. GCOM.
1799-FA-1602-D Membership of the
General Board of Pensions. Leonard D. Slutz,
HydePark Community UMC, Cincinnati, Ohio.
147-FA-1604-D General Board of Pensions.
CNV, KSE, KSW, MOE, NIL, NYK, SIN, WIS,
WMI, + NAKBCS.
148-FA-1604-D General Board of Pensions.
MOE, NYK, RKM, WIS, WNY + BMCR, and
Methodist Federation for Social Action.
149-FA-1604-D General Board of Pensions.
MNE.
150-FA-1604-D General Board of Pensions.
NCA.
166-FA-1604-D General Board of Pensions.
SWT.
264-FA-1604-D General Board of Pensions,
CAP.
424-FA-1604-D General Board of Pensions
GCRR.
516-FA-1604-D General Board of Pensions
GBCS.
1276-FA-1G04-D General Board of Pen-
sions. WNY.
1456-FA-1604-D Social responsibility with
Ministerial Pension Funds. YEL.
1648-FA-1604-D Addition to Par. 1604.
AFL.
524-FA-1606-D General Board of Pensions.
GaryL. Ball-Kilboume, NDK.
857-FA-1606-D Pensions for persons who
served full-time appointments beyond the local
church. GBHM.
964-FA-1606-D Service of a Local Pastor.
GBPN.
965-FA-1606-D Service under endorsement
by Division of Chaplains and Related Mini-
stries. GBPN.
2057-FA-1606-D Change of terminology.
Northeastern Jurisdiction Town and Country
Asso., Executive Committee.
2197-FA-1606-D Proportional Comprehen-
sive Protection Plan Credit. Martha L.
Mathatas, EOH.
2058-FA-1609-D Change of terminology.
Northeastern Jurisdiction Town and Country
Asso., Executive Committee.
151-FA-1700-D Cooperative Hymnal.
CPMC + CNV.
2059-FA-1702-D Membership of General
Board of Publication. GBPB.
858-FA-1706-D Executive Committee of
General Board of Publication. GCSW.
859-FA-1734-D Curriculum Resources
Committee. GBOD.
860-FA-1737-D Literature published for
The United Methodist Church. GCSW.
1457-FA-1737-D Retain Par. 1737. AFL
UMWEx. Com. + 2 District UMW, and 4 local
churches.
1053-FA-1743-D Real Estate and Buildings
of The United Methodist Publishing House.
GBPB.
1054-FA-1744-D Real Estate and Buildings
of The United Methodist PubUshing House.
GBPB.
1157-FA-2501-D Titles to Properties.
GCFA.
1158-FA-2502-D Use of name "Methodist"
or "United Methodist". GCFA
2269-FA-2502-D Use of the word
"Methodist". Victor Goldschmidt, St. Andrew
UMC, West Lafayette, Indiana.
1159-FA-2504-D Effect of Union. GCFA
1160-FA-2505-D Oil, Gas, and Mineral
Leases. GCFA
1161-FA-2506-D Conformity of Discipline
with Local Law. GCFA.
1162-FA-2507-D Conformity of Deeds and
Conveyances with Local Law. GCFA.
153-FA-2512-D Conference Board of Trus-
tees. GCSW,WVA
1163-FA-2512-D Annual Conference Board
of Trustees. GCFA.
1259-FA-2512-D Annual Conference Board
of Trustees. Daniel Garc*a, RIO.
2061-FA-2512-D Conference Board of Trus-
tees. William E. Ballard, IWA and NC and NE
Jurisdiction, Town and Country Asso. + Nat.
UM Rural Fellowship.
2062-FA-2512-D Conference Board of Trus-
tees. William R. Keeffe, NHA.
1164-FA-2513-D Foundations -Annual
Conference or Conferences. GCFA
1165-FA-2515-D Sale, Transfer, Lease or
Mortgage of Annual Conference Property.
GCFA.
2063-FA-2515-D Sale of mortgage of real
property held in trust by Annual Conference
Board of Trustees. Thomas W. Griffith, CAP.
154-FA-2517-D District Board of Trustees.
GCSW + WVA
1166-FA-2517-D District Parsonages and
Boards of Trustees. GCFA
2064-FA-2517-D Sale of real property by
District Board of Trustees. Thomas W. Grif-
fith. CAP.
427-FA-2518-D District Board of Church
Location and Building. GCRR.
1167-FA-2518-D Board of Church Location
and Building. GCFA.
1652-FA-2518-D District Board of Church
Location and Building. John C. Kerce, KEN.
1653-FA-2518-D District Board of Church
Location and Building. Jim Beal, NAK.
1168-FA-2519-D Local Church Building
Sites and Plans. GCFA.
1169-FA-2520-D Approval of Construction,
Purchase, or Remodeling Plans for Local Chur-
ches. GCFA
1170-FA-2523-D Sale, Transfer, Lease or
Mortgage of District Property. GCFA.
1 192-FA-2550-D Requirements-Trustees
of Church Institutions. GCFA
279-FA-3000-M Black History Month.
NIL.
282-FA-3000-M Plans for New Church Con-
struction. SIL.
238-FA-3000-R South Africa Divestment.
BAL.
270-FA-3000-R General Minutes. KSW.
281-FA-3000-R< Preserve Scarritt College
NAL.
284-FA-3000-R Limit Budget Increase
MEM.
285-FA-3000-R Limit Budget Increase
SIN, SNJ
286-FA-3000-R Apportionment Cap. SIL.
287-FA-3000-R Calculation of Apportion
ments. SWT.
288-FA-3000-R Calculation of Apportion
ments. MEM.
289-FA-3000-R Apportionment Cap. Wil-
liam C. Mason, OKL + 6 local churches and 2
individuals.
290-FA-3000-R$ Funding Ethnic Minority
Local Church Concerns Committee. KEN,
NAL, NGA, SIN.
291-FA-3000-R Money to Nicaragua.
Richard M. Locke, Covenant UMC, Evanston,
Illinois.
292-FA-3000-R Prorated Pension Supple-
ment. CNV.
293-FA-3000-R Refund of Balance of Vested
Pension Benefits of Former Participants.
CAP.
294-FA-3000-R Discontinuance of Dis-
ability Benefits. SGA, Joint Committee on Dis-
ability/Board of Pensions.
295-FA-3000-R$ Ministerial and Pension
Aid for Oklahoma Indian Miss., Puerto Rico,
and Rio Grande Conferences. RIO +
Methodists Associated Representing the Cause,
of Hispanic Americans.
296-FA-3000-R$ Temporary Aid for Fund-
ing of Past Service in Central Conferences.
MOZ, ZJM.
297-FA-3000-R$ Pensions for Retired Min-
isters. CZA, NZA, WZA.
298-FA-3000-R Investment Election Dead-
Une. SIN.
299-FA-3000-R Pension Investment
Policies. NDK and MNN Board of Pensions.
300-FA-3000-R Pension Investment
Policies. CIL.
301-FA-3000-R Pension Investment
PoUcies. CNV.
302-FA-3000-R Pension Investment
Policies. NIL.
303-FA-3000-R Pension Investment
PoUcies. WML
304-FA-3000-R Militaiy and Government
Free Special Pension Fund Option. MEM.
364-FA-3000-R$ Enforcement of Par.
906.12. Norman Carter, LRK
890-FA-3000-R No increase in apportion-
ments and/or askings. NMX.
926-FA-3000-R South African Investment
PoUcy. NJY.
927-FA-3000-R Investment Policy of The
United Methodist Church. NJY.
943-FA-3000-R Board of Pensions to Divest
in South Africa. , ORI.
972-FA-3000-R$ Plan of Pension for retired
pastors in Annual Conferences in Africsu CC
Executive Committee.
973-FA-3000-R Ministerial Pension Plan
Section 2. GBPN.
April 26, 1988
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
41
974-FA-3000-R Ministerial Pension Plan
Section 4. GBPN.
975-FA-3000-R Ministerial Pension Plan
Section 4. GBPN.
976-FA-3000-R Ministerial Pension Plan
Sections. GBPN.
977-FA-3000-R Ministerial Pension Plan
Section 6. GBPN.
978-FA-3000-R Ministerial Pension Plan
Sections. GBPN.
979-FA-30O0-R Ministerial Pension Plan
Section 10. GBPN.
980-FA-3000-R Ministerial Pension Plan
Supplement One. GBPN.
981-FA-3000-R Comprehensive Protection
Plan Section 2. CNV.
982-FA-3000-R Comprehensive Protection
Plan. GBPN.
983-FA-3000-R Comprehensive Protection
Plan Section 3. GBPN
984-FA-3000-R Comprehensive Protection
Plan Section 3. CNV.
986-FA-3000-R Comprehensive Protection
Plan Section 5. GBPN.
987-FA-3000-R Comprehensive Protection
Plan Section 5. CNV.
988-FA-3000-R Comprehensive Protection
Plan Section 6. GBPN.
989-FA-3000-R Comprehensive Protection
Plan Section 7. GBPN.
990-FA-3000-R Cumulative Pension and
Benefit Fund Section 1. GBPN.
991-FA-3000-R Cumulative BeneHt and
Pension Fund Section 2. GBPN.
992-FA-3000-R Cumulative Pension and
Benefit Fund Section 3. GBPN.
993-FA-3000-R Cumulative Pension and
Benefit Fund Section 4. GBPN.
994-FA-3000-R Cumulative Pension and
Benefit Fund Section 5. GBPN.
995-FA-3000-R Cumulative Pension and
Benefit Fund Section 6. GBPN.
996-FA-3000-R Cumulative Pension and
Benefit Fund Section 8. GBPN.
997-FA-3000-R Cumulative Pension and
Benefit Fund Section 10. GBPN.
998-FA-3000-R Tax-Deferred Annuity Con-
tributions Program Section 4. GBPN.
999-FA-3000-R Tax-Deferred Annuity Con-
tributions Program Section 5. GBPN.
1000-FA-3000-R Quadrennial Financial
Statement. GCFA
1001-FA-3000-R Tax-Deferred Annuity
Contributions Program Section 7. GBPN.
1002-FA-3000-R Tax-Deferred Annuity
Contributions Program Section 8. GBPN.
10O3-FA-30OO-R Tax-Deferred Annuity
Contributions Program Section 10. GBPN.
1004-FA-3000-R StaffPension Plan Section
2. GBPN.
1005-FA-3000-R StaffPension Plan Section
3. GBPN.
1006-FA-3000-R StaffPension Plan Section
4. GBPN.
1007-FA-3000-R StaffPension Plan Section
5. GBPN.
1008-FA-3000-R StaffPension Plan Section
6. GBPN.
1009-FA-3000-R StaffPension Plan Section
8. GBPN.
10 10-FA-3000-R Staff Pension Plan Section
10. GBPN.
1011-FA-3000-R Basic Protection Plan Sec-
tion 6. GBPN.
1012-FA-3000-R Basic Pension Plan Sec-
tion 7. GBPN.
1024-FA-3000-R Funding the Ministerial
Pension Plan. Officers, Northridge UMC,
Springfield, Ohio.
1234-FA-3000-R The World Service Fund.
GCFA.
1235-FA-3000-R Ministerial Education
Fund. GCFA.
1236-FA.3000-R Black CoUege Fund.
GCFA.
1237-FA-3000-R Episcopal Fund. GCFA
1238-FA-30O0-R General Administration
Fund. GCFA.
1239-FA-3000-R$ Interdenominational
Cooperation Fund. GCFA.
1240-FA-3000-R Apportionment For-
mulas. GCFA.
1241-FA-3000-R Special Days with Offer-
ings. GCFA
1242-FA-3000-R Worid Service Special
Gifts Fund. GCFA.
1243-FA-3000-R Directives for the Ad-
ministration of the General Funds. GCFA.
1244-FA-3000-R Income from the Board of
Trustees. GCFA.
1245-FA-3000-R The Churches' Center for
Theology and Public Policy. GCFA, GCOM.
1246-FA-3000-R References from Prior
General Conferences. GCFA.
1247-FA-30O0-R Budget of the General
Council on Finance and Administration.
GCFA.
1248-FA-3000-R Disposition of Scarritt
Graduate School Property. GCFA^
1337-FA-3000-R Language in United
Methodist publications. Administrative Coun-
cils, or Administrative Boards, 40 local chur-
ches, in Ohio.
1347-FA-3000-R Reporting Sunday School
attendance. J. David Roberts, Oakdale Emory
UMC, Olney, Maryland.
1399-FA-3000-R$ Fund to aid farmers.
Watford Reed, Lincoln Street UMC, Portland,
Oregon.
1408-FA-3000-R Strict Enforcement of
Par. 906.12. Administrative Council, First
UMC, Bennington, Vermont
1420-FA-3000-R U.S. tax laws for non-
profit organizations. , WNC Board of Health
and Welfare Ministries.
1423-FA-3000-R Use traditional
Trinitarian formula in all United Methodist
pubUcations. Members, Midland Green Valley
UMC, Midland, Pennsylvania.
1489-FA-3000-R Disengagement. Ad.
Council, Trinity UMC, Mt Pleasant + Ad.
Board, Albright UMC, So. Connellsville, COM,
Hilltop UMC, Madison + John D. Vamer,
Grace UMC, Indiana, Pennsylvania.
1529-FA-3000-R Apply Par. 920 to retired
pastors in annual conferences in Africa Central
Conference. BUR.
1542-FA-3000-R$ Pins for retired pastors.
/. Melville Wohrley, EOH
1543-FA-3000-R$ Establish salary founda-
tions. I. Melville Wohrley, EOH.
1681-FA-3000-R Apportionment Cap.
Helen K. Doll, First UMC, Three Rivers,
Michigan.
1682-FA-3000-R Keep Scarritt College in
UMC. AFL.
1683.FA-3000-R$ Additional funds for
television telecommunications ministries.
TTIN Communications Committee.
1747-FA-30O0-R$ Subsidize price of new
hymnal. Administrative Boards, Panola
Charge, Oxford, Mississippi.
1812-FA-3000-R References to the Trinity
and Scripture in church pubUcations. Ad-
ministrative Board, Faith UMC, Arcanum,
Ohio.
1813-FA-3000-R$ Television / Telecom-
munications Fund. WNC Television Ministries
Committee.
2354-FA-3000-R Special South Africa-Free
Fund for Pension Contributions. Methodist
Federation for Social Action.
2408-FA-3000-R Financial askings. DonM.
Pike, CTX.
2409-FA-3000-R Waive mandatory pension
participation for "tentmaker" ministers. Com-
mission on Church Extension and Revitaliza-
tion, NWT.
2410-FA-3000-R Comprehensive Protec-
tion Plan Section 3. Martha L. Mathatas, EOH.
2411-FA-3000-R Apportionments. Tues-
day Morning Prayer and Bible Study Group,
First UMC, Farmington, New Mexico.
2413-FA-3000-R General Minutes. Nation-
al United Methodist Rural Fellowship, + NC,
NE andSE Juris. Town and Country Asso.
2414-FA-30O0-R$ United Methodist Health
Insurance. National United Methodist Rural
Fellowship, Legislative and Executive Commit-
tees.
2415-FA-3000-R Apportionment Cap.
Members, Massac UMC, Paducah, Kentucky.
2416-FA-3000-R Maximum apportion-
ments assigned to a local church. Members, 7
local churches, Byesville, East Canton, East
Sparta, Gallon, Louisville, Mingo Junction,
Navarre, Ohio.
2417-FA-3000-R Upper limits on confer-
ence budget increases. Members, 7 local chur-
ches, Byesville, East Canton, East Sparta,
Gallon, Louisville, Mingo Junction, Navarre,
Ohio.
2418-FA-3000-R Transmission of funds.
James Albert Trickett, LSA.
2419-FA-3000-R United Methodist Affinity
Ceu-d. YEL Council on Ministries.
2421-FA-3000-R Extend provisions of Par.
906. 12. Administrative Council, Antloch UMC,
Antloch, California.
2422-FA-3000-R Apportionment formula.
Arthur R. Kirk, EOH.
42
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
April 26, 1988
2423-FA-3000-R Help for pastors'
widows/widowers. Arthur R. Kirk, EOH.
2427-FA-3000-R Comprehensive Protec-
tion Plan Section 3. Donald A. Smith, First
UMC, Marion, Indiana.
2428-FA-3000-R External audit James Al-
bert Trickett, LSA.
2429-FA-3000-R Ministerial Pension Plan
Section 3. Gerald A. Beam, Trinity UMC, Wil-
mette, Illinois.
243O-FA-30O0-R Opportunity for local
churches to designate World Service and conf-
erence benevolerice apportionments. Ad-
ministrative Board, First UMC, Lamesa, Texas.
2431-FA-3000-R Apportionment Cap.
Samuel T Colvin, Kenova UMC, Kenova, West
Virginia.
2432-FA-30O0-R Native American Salaiy
Support Native American International
Caucus.
2531-FA-3000-R Funding the sin of
homosexuality. Members, Mt. Israel UMC,
Tunnelton, West Virginia.
2585-FA-3000-R Alternative ministerial
support pltm. EOH Renewal Community.
2645.FA-3000-R Language in United
Methodist publications. Administrative Coun-
cil, Pharisburg UMC, Marysville, Ohio.
269-FA-3000-S$ Study Commission on In-
vestment Stewardship. CAP, OIL, KSE, KSW,
NIL, NYK, PNW, RKM, SIN, TRY, WIS, WMI,
WNY, YEL + 2 organizations.
283-FA-3000-S Directors and OfTicers
Liability Insurance. SWT.
2412-FA-30O0-S$ Study feasibility of
church-wide medical insursmce program. /.
Mark Conner, WVA.
2425-FA-30O0-S$ Study feasibility of
moving General Board of Global Ministries.
William D. Turkingtonll, First UMC, Ashland,
Kentucky.
Faith and Mission
1031-FM-OO-D The Mission of The United
Methodist Church "Grace upon Grace": God's
Mission and Ours. MUMC.
1089-FM-OO-D Our Doctrinal Heritage.
CTTK
1328-FM-OO-D Use of inclusive language in
the Church. Administrative Board, UMC,
Campbell, New York, and members, Ranck's
UMC, New Holland, Pennsylvania.
1907-FM-OO-D Articles of Religion. Frank
K Warden, NTX -^ members, Ward/Sixteenth
Section UM Charge, El Paso, Ark.
1966-FM-OO-D Our Doctrinal Heritage.
Riley B. Case, NIN.
1090-FM-67-D Our Doctrinal Histoiy.
CTTK
1725-FM-67-D Retain three sentences of
Par. 67. Thomas C. Oden, OKL + 9 local chur-
ches and 31 other individuals.
1753-FM-67-D Retain portions of Par. 67.
Members, First UMC, Gatesville, Texas.
2093-FM-67-D Retain Par. 67. Methodist
Federation for Social Action.
2281-FM-67-D Retain portions of Par. 67.
Robert B. Mussman, WOH + Administrative
Council, Trinity UMC, Byesville, Ohio.
1091-FM-68-D Our Doctrinal Standards
and General Rules. CTTK
1510-FM-68-D Retain portions of Par. 68.
Marilyn B. Thompson, First UMC, Starkville,
Mississippi.
2094-FM-68-D Retain Par. 68. Methodist
Federation for Social Action.
2639-FM-68-D Retain Article I. Members.
Honey Brook UMC, Honey Brook, Pennsyl
3-FM-69-D Retain portions of Par. 69,
PNW.
1092-FM-69-D Our Theological Task,
CTTK.
1294-FM-69-D Primacy of Scripture. Ad-
ministrative Boards, Armona and Laton UMCs,
Armona and Laton, California.
1341-FM-69-D Substitute for Ecumenical
Commitment Section of CTTK report. GCCU.
1410-FM-69-D Retain portion of Par. 69.
Members, First UMC, Pampa, Texas.
1429-FM-69-D Primacy of Scripture. Ad-
ministrative Board, Holly Avenue UMC, Pit-
tsburg, Tennessee.
1561-FM-69-D Primacy of Scripture. NGA
LaGrange District ministers, + 34 local chur-
ches and 2 individuals.
1605-FM-69-D Doctrinal Statement Ad-
ministrative Board, McCann's UMC, Jackson,
Alabama.
1606-FM-69-D Primacy of Scripture. Ad-
ministrative Board, Centenary UMC,
Skowhegan, Maine and members. First UMC,
Jasper, Texas, and Stanton Heights UMC, Pit-
tsburgh, Pennsylvania.
1608-FM-69-D Retain quadrilateral. Linda
Sue Bailey, CIL + 2 local churches.
1755-FM-69-D Retain Par. 69. Methodist
Federation for Social Action, + 3 local churches
and 3 individuals.
1756-FM-69-D Retain portions of Par. 69.
Administrative Board, Heidelberg UMC.
Corydon, Indiana, members. Trinity UMC, At-
lanta, Georgia, + Marilyn E. Thompson, First
UMC, Starkville, Mississippi.
1757-FM-69-D Retain portion of Par. 69.
United Methodist Women, Charity UMC.Elkin,
North Carolina.
1829-FM-69-D Include conclusions of
Houston Declaration. Annual Church Con-
ference, Bethel UMC, Sheridan, Montana.
1830-FM-69-D Our Theological Task. Ad-
ministrative Board, St. Paul UMC, El Campo,
Texas.
1831-FM-69-D Our Theological Task. An-
nual Church Meeting, Aldersgate UMC, Dobbs
Ferry, New York.
1908-FM-69-D Retain portion of Par. 69.
Administrative Board, First UMC, Montrose,
Colorado.
2095-FM-69-DOurTheologicalTask. Riley
B. Case, NIN.
2096-FM-69-D Our Theological Task. Paul
F. Perry, SWT.
I469-FM-3000-M Support report of CTTK.
Administrative Board, Unicot UMC, Unicot,
Tennessee.
305-FM-3000-R Support New Doctrinal
Statement LVL.
306-FM-3000-R Junaluska AfTuTnation of
Scriptural Christianity. Administrative Coun-
cil, St. Paul UMC, College, Alaska.
1029-FM-3O0O-R United Methodist official
statement of theological teachings. Church
Conference, First UMC, Atlanta, Texas.
1059-FM-3000-R Juridical Authority.
Clyde D. Nichols Sr.VIR.
1060-FM-3000-R Report from the Commis-
sion on the Mission of The United Methodist
Church. MUMC.
1061-FM-3000-R$ Recommendations from
the Commission on the Mission of The United
Methodist Church. MUMC.
1096-FM-3000-R Report of the Committee
on Our Theological Task. CTTK
1491-FM-3000-R Principal factors of our
faith. Administrative Board, First UMC,
Lafayette, Louisiana.
1514-FM-3000-R In support of Houston
Declaration. Administrative Councils or
Boards, members, in 20 local churches, in 15
States, + 3 individuals.
1544-FM-3000-R Primacy of Scripture.
Members, Christ UMC, Kingston, Rhode Is-
land.
1684-FM-3000-R Primacy of Scripture,
Administrative Board, First UMC + members,
Wesley Chapel UMC, Sylacauga, Florida.
1690-FM-3000-R Retain spiritual primacy.
Sunday School Class, First UMC, Clyde, Texas.
1691-FM-3000-R Biblical faith and prac
tices in the Wesleyan spirit. Danny A. Fleming,
Eula UMC, Eula, Texas.
1694-FM-30O0-R Discontinue use of term
"Act of God". Arthur R. Kirk, EOH + 2 local
churches.
1748-FM-3000-R The Trinity. Bobbie N.
Martin, TEX, + 14 local churches.
1749-FM-30O0-R Changing words in Dis-
cipline. Virginia Wilson, St Paul UMC,
Millers, Maryland.
1814-FM-3000-R Declare Authorized King
James Version of the Holy Bible as the inerrant
Word. Maurice E. Graham, Chalybeate UMC,
Hillsboro Circuit, Alabama.
1815-FM-3000-R Doctrinal Guidelines.
Members, First UMC, Corry, Pennsylvania.
1817-FM-30O0-RAgainst Houston Declara-
tion. Linda Sue Bailey, CIL.
2433-FM-3000-R$ Church-wide Study of
Our Theological Task and the Mission of The
United Methodist Church. National United
Methodist Rural Fellowship, + NC and NE
Juris. Town and Country Associations.
2434-FM-3000-R Approve CTTK report
Members, West Chelmsford UMC, West
Chelmsford, Massachusetts.
2435-FM-3000-R Accept CTTK report. Ad-
ministrative Councils, Thurman and Vega
UMCs, Thurman, Ohio + 3 individuals.
April 26, 1988
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
43
2436-FM-3000-R$ Teaching basic facts of
the Christian life. Veda Rahkonen, UMC, Hel
sinki, Finland.
2437-FM-30O0-R Evangelism. Tasker N.
Rodman, UMC, Leachville, Arkansas.
2501-FM-3000-R Primacy of Scripture
Sunday School classes. Saint Paul UMC,
Abilene, Texas.
2532-FM-3000-R Primacy of Scripture
Willian\ E. Thielking, SNJ.
2533-FM-3000-R Primacy of Scripture
Members, First UMCs, Pampa and Morton,
Texas.
2534-FM-3000-R Primacy of Scripture.
Administrative Board, Spring Woods UMC,
Houston, Texas.
2535-FM-3000-R Primacy of Scripture
Maxine Manering, Ashford UMC, Houston
Texas.
2536-FM-3000-R Primacy of Scripture. Es-
tellR. Casebier, LVL.
2537-FM-30O0-R Primacy of Scripture.
Administrative Board, Killean UMC, Tallahas-
see, Florida.
2538-FM-3000-R Primacy of Scripture.
Administrative Board, Will Rogers UMC,
T^lsa, Oklahoma.
2539-FM-3000-R Primacy of Scripture.
Administrative Board, UMC, Mullens, West
Virginia.
2540-FM-3000-R Primacy of Scripture.
Administrative Board, Trinity UMC, Opelika,
Alabama.
2541-FM-3000-R Primacy of Scripture. J.
Cecil Williamson, NMS.
2542-FM-3000-R Primacy of Scripture.
Administrative Board, Cairo UMC, Cairo,
Ohio.
2543-FM-3000-R Primacy of Scripture.
Members, Liverpool UMC, Liverpool, Pennsyl-
vania.
307-FM-3000-S$ Local Church Studies of
Theological Task and Mission of the Church.
NTX, SWT.
570-FM-3000-S$ Local Church Study of
Doctrinal Standards and Theological Task.
GCCU.
1490-FM-3000-S$ Study on how to involve
entire church in communicating Christian
beliefs. Donald R. Rodgers, North Bethesda
UMC, Bethesda, Maryland
1692-FM-3000-S$ Church-wide local
church study on the general ministry of all
Christian believers. Southeastern Jurisdiction
Association, Conference Boards of Diaconal
Ministry.
General Administration
2201-GA-O-C Preamble to the Constitution.
Victor Goldschmidt, St. Andrew UMC, West
Lafayette, Indiana.
1601-GA-4-C Inclusiveness of the church.
Dott Clarke Koch, New Horizon UMC, Fort
Lauderdale, Florida.
1603-OA-16-C Defme Doctrine. Ad-
ministrative Board, Overton Park UMC, Fort
Worth, Texas.
2210-GA-64-C Amend Par. 64. Victor
Goldschmidt, St. Andrew UMC, West Lafayette,
Indiana.
1762-GA-271-D Sanctity of Human Life
Sunday. Cecil F McKee, TEX.
2650-GA-271-D Special Sundays. Native
American International Caucus.
48-GA-272-D Human Relations Day. KSW.
49-GA-272-D Police-Community Relations
Program. CPA.
50-GA-272-D World Communion Offering.
NCA.
271-GA-272-D United Methodist Student
Day HOL.
308-GA-272-D World Order Sunday. WOH
Department of Peace and World Order.
503-GA-272-D Peace with Justice Sunday.
GBCS.
651-GA-272-D Human Relations Day.
EOH Steubenville DOOM.
1105-GA-272-D Human Relations Day.
GCOM.
1106-GA-272-D United Methodist Student
Day GCFA,GCOM.
1107-GA-272-D Peace with Justice Sunday.
GCFA, GCOM.
1 129-GA-272-D Special Sundays with Offer-
ings. GCFA.
1409-GA-272-D World Order Sunday. FLA
Work Area on Church and Society.
1530-GA-272-D World Order Sunday BAL
Board of Church and Society.
1630-GA-272-D Rural Life Sunday Wil-
liam E. Ballard, IWA and H. Glenn Biddle,
WOH, + 7 organizations and 2 local churches.
2651-GA-272-D Native American Aware-
ness Sunday. Native American International
Caucus.
51-GA-273-D Three Special Sundays. DET,
KSW.
52-GA-273-D Rogation Sunday. FLA.
53-GA-273-D Student Recognition Day.
HOL.
163-GA-273-D Laity Sunday NIN.
704-GA-273-D Heritage Sunday GCAH.
705-GA-273-D Laity Sunday. GBOD.
1097-GA-273-D Rural Life Sunday DET,
KSW.
1108-GA-273-D Laity Sunday GCOM.
1582-GA-628-D Jurisdictional Administra-
tive Council. Southeastern Jurisdictional Con-
ference Structure, Study Committee.
S11-GA-800-D Pohcies Relative to Socially
Responsible Investments. GBCS.
1454-GA-801-D Definition of laypersons
and clergy. Lonnie D. Brooks, Christ UMC,
Sugar Land, Texas.
909-GA-802-D Approval of right of petition.
Administrative Board, Faith UMC, Woodward,
Oklahoma.
910-GA-802-D Process for evaluating
general program agencies. GCFA, GCOM.
1038-GA-802-D Evaluation of general agen-
cies. SONY.
2028-GA-802-D Amenability and Accoun-
tability. Bruce Birch, BAL.
2029-GA-802-D Accountability. Dwight E.
Giles Sr., WYO.
2030-GA-802-D Accountability. Ad-
ministrative Board, First UMC, Montrose,
Colorado.
134-GA-803-D Ongoing Priority. EOH.
607-GA-803-D Specialized Unit. GBCS.
1114-GA-803-D Defmitions of Study Com-
mittee. GCFA, GCOM.
1141-GA-803-D Defmition of Theme.
GCOM.
1687-GA-803-D General Board. J. Robert
Martin, WNC.
1874-GA-803-D Alternative Mission Agen-
cy. Annual Church Meeting, Aldersgate UMC,
Dobbs Ferry, New York.
2031-GA-803-D Defmitions, Structures and
Titles. Administrative Board, First UMC,
Hinckley, Illinois, andRobert W. Baumgardner,
First UMC, Brownfield, Texas.
911-GA-804-D Annual Reports of General
Agencies. GCFA, GCOM.
135-GA-805-D General Agency Member-
ship. MEM.
410-GA-805-D Adequate Representation,
GCRR.
508-GA-805-D Additional Members
GBCS.
509-GA-805-D Additional Members,
GBCS.
545-GA-805-D General agency member-
ship. GCCU.
584-GA-805-D Membership on general
program boards. GBGM.
803-GA-805-D Nominations by Annual
Conferences. GCSW.
804-GA-805-D General Program Board
Membership. GBOD.
900-GA-805-D General Program Board
Membership. Western Jurisdictional Con-
ference.
1115-GA-805-D General Agency Members
from Other Denominations. GCFA, GCOM.
1482-GA-805-D Nominations for general
agency membership. Wendell A. Meggs, TEN.
1642-GA-805-D Membership of agencies.
Council on Ministries, First UMC, Abilene,
Texas.
1643-GA-805-D General Program Board
Membership. AFL.
1786-GA-805-D Reduce size of general
program boards. Leonard D. Slutz, Hyde Park
Community UMC, Cincinnati, Ohio.
1787-GA-805-D Representation from an-
nual conferences in Central Conferences.
LeonardD. SluU, HydePark Community UMC,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
1788-GA-805-D Amend Par. 805.2(a).
LeonardD. SluU, HydePark UMC, Cincinnati,
Ohio.
2032-OA-805-D General agency member-
ship. Betty A. Jackson Hodges, St. Paul UMC,
Decatur, Georgia.
2033-GA-805-D General agency member-
ship. Joseph R. Graham, WOH.
2034-OA-805-D General agency member-
ship. Gregory D. Stover, WOH.
2182-GA-805-D Nominations by annual
conferences. David L. Severe, OKL.
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DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
April 26, 1988
2183-GA-805-D General agency member-
ship. Barbara and Erroll Wendland, First
UMC, Temple, Texas.
2256-GA-80S-D General agency member-
ship. Central Conference of Northern Europe.
2257-GA-805-D General agency member-
ship. EarlR. Carter, NAK-y Northeastern and
Western, Secretaries of Jurisdictional Conferen-
ces.
2647-CiA-805-D Membership on general
agencies. Black Methodists for Church
Renewal, Inc.
546-GA-808-D OfTicers of program boards.
GCCU.
1789-GA-808-D$ Frequency of meetings.
Leonard D. Slutz, Hyde Park Community
UMC, Cincinnati, Ohio.
263-GA-8 10-D Conference Agency Member-
ship. CAP.
309-GA-8X0-D Agency Membership
Residence Requirements. Council on Mini-
stries, Christ UMC, Sugar Land, Texas.
1372-GA-810-D Residence of general agen-
cy members. John J. Shaffer, CIL.
1790-GA-810-D Change maximum period
for general agency membership from two to
three quadrennia. Leonard D. Slutz, Hyde
Park Community UMC, Cincinnati, Ohio.
2258-GA-810-D Members of general agen-
cies. Millie Hilts, California Heights UMC,
Long Beach, California.
510-GA-813-D Election of General
Secretaries. GBCS.
547-GA-813-D Election of general
secretary. GCCU.
805-GA-813-D Election of general
secretaries. GCSW.
1415-GA-813-D Retain Par. 813. LRK
HopeDistrict Council on Ministries, + Lakeside
UMC, Lake Village, Arkansas.
2649-GA-813-D Election of general
secretaries. Robert I. Phelps, YEL.
136-GA-814-D Provisions Pertaining to
Staff. MEM, NMS.
548-GA-814-D Elected staff of general agen-
cies. GCCU.
585-GA-814-D General agency staff tenure.
GCFA, GCCU.
870-GA-814-D Twelve-Year Employment
Rule. UCOM.
962-GA-814-D Staff Retirement. GBPN
1116-GA-814-D Tenure of elected general
agency staff. GCOM.
1414-GA-814-D Eligibility of general agen-
cy staff for election as a General Conference
delegate. LRK Hope District Council on Mini-
stries, + Lakeside UMC, Lakeville, Arkansas.
1416-GA-814-D Tenure of elected staff. Ad-
ministrative Bcxird, Lakeside UMC, Lake Vil-
lage, Arkansas.
1588-GA-814-D Requirements for general
agency clergy staff. J. Robert Martin, WNC, +
Council on Ministries, First UMC, Abilene,
Texas.
1735-GA-814-D Qualifications for general
agency staff. Robert D. Snyder, EOH, Gregory
D. Stover, WOH, Michael W. Walker, NTX + 2
local churches.
2184-GA-814-D Qualifications for general
agency clergy staff. Council on Ministries,
Lacon UMC, Lacon, Illinois, and Robert W.
Baumgardner, First UMC, Brownfield, Texas.
1117-GA-816-D Record and role of or-
ganizations supported by membership or funds.
GCFA, GCOM.
806-GA-820-D Closed session. GBHM.
912-GA-823-D Legal Status of The United
Methodist Church. GCFA.
808-GA-914-D The Advance. GCSW.
913-GA-914.D The Advance. GCFA,
GCOM.
2187-GA-914-D The Advance. Carl W.
Judy, WNC.
1121-GA-916-D General Church Special-
Day Offerings. GCFA, GCOM.
1485-GA-1005-D$ Objectives of General
Council on Ministries. Wendell A. Meggs, TEN.
513-GA-1006-D Election of General
Secretaries. GBCS, GCSW.
549-GA-1006-D Responsibilities of General
CouncU on Ministries. GCCU.
1040-GA-1006-D Responsibilities of
General Council on Ministries. MUMC.
1041-GA-1006-D Joint Committee on
Stewardship. ACST.
1122-GA-1006-D Responsibilities. GCOM.
1123-GA-1006-D Responsibilities. GCOM.
1486-GA-1006-D Responsibilities of
General Council on Ministries. Wendell A.
Meggs, TEN.
2042-GA-1006-D Responsibilities of
General Council on Ministries. Robert I.
Phelps, YEL.
2188-GA-1006-D Responsibilities of
General Council on Ministries. National
United Methodist Rural Fellowship, Legislative
and Executive Committees.
810-GA-1007-D The Advance. GCSW.
1124-GA-1007-D Membership of the
General Council on Ministries. GCOM.
1125-GA-1007-D World Services Special
Gifts Committee. GCOM.
2262-GA-1007-D Membership of General
Council on Ministries. Victor Goldschmidt, St
Andrew UMC, West Lafayette, Indiancu
2050-GA-1414-D Responsibilities of Na-
tional Division. William E. Ballard, IWA + NC,
NE, SE Jurisdiction, Town and Country Asso.
+ UM Appalachian Dev. Com.
311-GA-3000-M The Advance. Perry S.
Miller, WNC.
2454-GA-2000-R Ordained, Diaconal and
Commissioned Ministry Sunday. IWA Board of
Diaconal Ministry.
312-GA-3000-R Africa Church Growth and
Development. 31 Annual Conferences, EOH
BGM, and CC Executive Committee.
313-GA-3000-R No Missional Priority.
VZR.
314-GA-3000-R$ Incorporation of the Eth-
nic Minority Local Church Missional Priority.
GCRR, GCSW, BAL, CAP, CIL, DET, EOH,
IWA, KEN, NTX, NWT + MARCHA.
315-GA-3000-R$ Ethnic Minority Local
Church Priority. DSW.
316-GA-3000-R$ Permanent Ethnic
Minority Local Church Priority. NJY, NYK,
WVA.
317-GA-3000-R$ Special Funding of Mis-
sional Priority. RIO.
318-GA-3000-R Missional Priority: Peace
with Justice. CIL, DSW, NCA, WPA.
319-GA-3000-R$ Missional Priority: Peace
with Justice. NIL.
320-GA-3000-R Missional Priority Peace
with Justice. EOH.
321-GA-3000-R Missional Priority Peace
with Justice. CAP.
322-GA-3000-R$ Missional Priority. Peace
with Justice. SNE.
323-GA-3000-R$ Missional Priority: Peace
with Justice. WIS.
324-GA-3000-R Missional Priority Church
Growth/Catch the Spirit. RKM.
325-GA-3000-R$ Missional Priority: Evan-
gelism. MOW.
326-GA-3000-R Missional Priority: Rural
Decline in America. IWA.
327-GA-3000-R$ Missional Priority: South
Africa. PNW.
328-GA-3000-R Quadrennial Emphasis:
Empowerment of the Laity. SIN.
329-GA-3000-R Missional Priority The
Electronic Mission Field. AFL.
330-GA-3000-R Prison Ministry. NMS,
WNC.
331-GA-3000-R Prison Ministry. NCA
333-GA-3000-R Older Adult Ministries.
WVA.
334-GA-3000-R$ Church's Role in Care for
Older Adults. KSE.
335-GA-3000-R$ Advisory Coordinating
Committee for Older Adult Ministries. CNV,
IWA, NGA, NJY and PEN COM.
336-GA-3000-R$ Advisory Committee for
Older Adult Ministries. WNC.
337-GA-3000-R$ Permanent Organization
for Older Adult Ministries. PAW.
338-GA-3000-R$ Committee on Ministry to
Older Adulte. KEN.
340-GA-3000-R$ Consultation on Deaf
Ministry. AKM, BAL + 1 FLA local church.
342-GA-3000-R Inclusive Language. WPA.
343-GA-3000-R Inclusive Language. Ad-
ministrative Council, First UMC, Leavenworth,
Kansas.
344-GA-3000-R Inclusive Language. Ad-
ministrative Board, Bethel UMC, Columbus,
Ohio.
346-GA-3000-R The Term "Minority".
DET.
347-GA-3000-R Book of Resolutions. Ad-
ministrative Council, Si Paul UMC, College,
Alaska
348-GA-3000-R 1992: Year of Rediscovery.
RIO.
499-GA-3000-R Elimination of Racism in
The United Methodist Church. GCRR.
625-GA-30OO-R$ Africa Church Growth
and Development. GBGM.
649-GA-3000-R Older Adult Ministries.
VZR Senior Adult Assembly.
April 26, 1988
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
45
652-GA-3000-R$ Recommendations on
Older Adult Ministries. OAMN.
659-GA-3000-R$ Ethnic Minority Local
Church Emphasis. GBOD.
898-OA-3000-R Proper Use of Name: The
United Methodist Church. UCOM.
944-GA-3000-R Quadrennial Emphasis on
Family Life. IWA Council on Family Mini-
stries.
945-GA-3000-R Rural Crisis Quadrennial
Emphasis. ORI.
946-GA-3000-R Terminology for presiding
officers. ORI.
1062-GA-3000-R Developing and
Strengthening the Ethnic Minority Local
Church: for Witness and Mission. MPCC.
1063-GA-3000-R$ Recommendations from
the Missional Priority Coordinating Commit-
tee. MPCC.
1064-GA-3000-R Report of the Advisory
Committee on Stewardship. ACST.
1065-GA-3000-R$ Recommendations from
the Advisory Committee on Stewardship.
ACST.
1066-GA-3000-R Report from the Council
of Bishops Committee to Coordinate the Goal
to Increase Membership. GIMM.
1194-GA-3000-R Report of the Task Force
on Older Adult Ministries. OAMN.
1195-GA-3000-R$ Theme for the 1989-
1992 Quadrermium: "Celebrate God's Grace:
Witness for Jesus Christ". GCOM.
1196-GA-3000-R Report on the Study of the
Connectional Principle. GCOM.
1197-GA-3000-R The World Service Special
Gifts Program. GCOM.
1198-GA-3000-R Report on New Church
Development Apportionment. GCOM.
1199-GA-3000-R Report on Developing
Congregations for Deaf Ministry. GCOM.
1201-GA-3000-R Report on Biblical and
Theological Language. GCOM.
1202-GA-3000-R Report on Young Adult
Members of the General Agencies. GCOM.
1203-GA-3000-R Resolutions on Special
Days. GCOM.
1204-GA-3000-R Report on Task Force on
Hispemic Language Resources. GCOM.
1205-GA-3000-R Report on Prison Mini-
stries/Prison Reform. GCFA.
I206-GA-3000-R Report on the Data Bank.
GCOM.
1207-GA-3000-R Report on Affiliate
Groups. GCOM.
1208-GA-3000-R Report on Interagency
Task Forces and Groups. GCOM.
1209-GA-3000-R Report on Joint Panel on
International Affairs. GCOM.
1210-GA-3000-R Report on Telecom-
munications. GCOM.
1211-GA-3000-R$ Recommendation to the
GCFA regarding the needs of the general
program agencies for 1989-1992. GCOM.
1212-GA-30O0-R$ Recommendation to
GCFA regarding the amount of the World Ser-
vice Fund Allocations. GCOM.
1213-GA-3000-R Requests and recommen-
dations to the general agencies. GCOM.
1214-GA-3000-R Report on the Develop-
ment of the Recommendation for a Theme for
the Denomination. GCOM.
1215-GA-3000-R Report on the evaluation
of general program agencies, UMCOM and
GCAH. GCOM.
1216-GA-3000-R Report on the Evaluation
of the General Council on Ministries. GCOM.
12 17-GA-3000-R Report on the Advance for
Christ and His Church. GCOM.
12 18-GA-3000-R Report on the Work of the
Interagency Task Force on Legislation.
GCOM.
1219-GA-3000-R Report on Grants from
the World Service Contingency Fund, 1985-
1989. GCOM.
1220-GA-30O0-R Report on the Status of
Native American Ministries within The United
Methodist Church. GCOM.
1221-GA-3000-R Report on Program and
Funding Patterns. GCOM.
1222-GA-3000-R Report on The Future
That Can Be. GCOM.
1223-GA-3000-R Report on the Baltimore
Declaration. GCOM.
1224-GA-3000-R Report on the Bicenten-
nial Church Growth Fund. GCOM.
1225-GA-3000-R Report on Local Church
Structure. GCOM.
1226-GA-3000-R Report on Ministry to
Single Adults. GCOM.
1227-GA-3000-R Report on general agency
headquarters location. GCFA, GCOM.
1228-GA-3000-R Report on the Training
Events for District Superintendents and Con-
ference Council Directors. GCOM.
1229-GA-3000-R Report on Goal to In-
creeise Membership. GCOM.
1230-GA-3000-R Report on referral of the
Episcopal and Laity Addresses for Study and
Appropriate Action. GCOM.
1231-GA-3000-R Report relating to follow
up to action on 1984 Infant Formula Task
Force Report. GCOM.
1232-GA-3000-R Report on involvement of
ethnic minority persons in church leadership.
GCOM.
1233-GA-3000-R Report on policy for copy-
ing printed materials. GBGM.
1249-GA-3000-R Quadrennial Report.
GCOM.
1252-GA-3000-R National Day of Prayer.
Howard C. Neefe, Mount Tabor UMC, East
Canton, Ohio.
1254-GA-3000-R Restrict officers' political
activism. W. M. Dallas, Jr., First UMC,
Thomaslon, Georgia.
1256-GA-3000-R$ Interagency Task Force
on AIDS Ministries. , NIL Council on Mini-
stries.
1279-GA-3000-R The Rural Crisis. WNY.
1327-GA-3000-R Inclusive Language.
Members, UMC, Ponce, Nebraska.
1339-GA-3000-R$ Deaf Ministty. Charge
Conference, First UMC, Ormond Beach,
Florida.
1340-GA-3000-R Withdraw and terminate
schismatic proposals. Ad. Boards, First UMC,
Ashland, Kentucky and UMC, Malta, Ohio, and
Ad. Council, Port St John UMC, Cocoa,
Florida, + 2 individuals.
1355-GA-3000-R* Task Force on Older
Adult Ministries. NEB.
1389-GA-3000-R Accountability. Watford
Reed, Lincoln Street UMC, Portland, Oregon.
1392-GA-3000-R$ In support of report of
OAMN. Members, First UMC, Westfield, New
Jersey.
1404-GA-3000-R$ Adopt and implement
OAMN report. Adult Sunday School Class,
Concord -St Andrew's UMC, Bethesda,
Maryland.
1470-GA-3000-R Missional Priority: Rural
Crisis. YEL + 4 organizations and 1 local
church.
1472-GA-3000-R Enforcement of Par. 610.
Administrative Council, St Mark's UMC, Mar-
shall, Texas.
1505-GA-3000-R Qualifications for mem-
bers of general agencies. Carl Fick, Westbury
UMC, Houston, Texas.
1506-GA-3000-R Voting on issues by local
churches. Administrative Board, Trinity UMC,
Asheville, North Carolina.
1562-GA-3000-R$ Establish Interagency
Task Force on AIDS Ministries. DSW Council
on Ministries.
1695-GA-3000-R Reduce politicalization of
the church. Builders Sunday School Class,
First UMC, Sullivan, Illinois.
1697-GA-3000-R$ Task Force on
strengthening the ministry and witness to
churches of small membership. H. Glenn Bid-
die, WOH + 6 organizations.
1698-GA-3000-R Major Quadrennial Em-
phasis on Family Life. , VIR andBAL Council
of Family Ministry.
1750-GA-3000-R Inclusive language. Tas-
ker N. Rodman, UMC, Leechville, Arkansas.
1818-GA-3000-R Missional Priority. Peace
with Justice. Methodists United for Peace with
Justice, Washington, DC.
1819-GA-3000-R Abolish quota system for
general agency membership. Church Con-
ference, First UMC, Plainview, Texas.
1820-GA-3000-R Censure agencies who
make recommendations regarding
homosexuaUty. Church Conference, First
UMC, Plainview, Texas.
2439-GA-3000-R$ Review personnel
policies of general agencies. National UM
Rural Fellowship + NC and NE, Town and
Country Associations and 1 individual.
2440-GA-3000-R Restate Goal to Increase
Membership. Riley B. Case, NIN + 9 other in-
dividuals.
2441-GA-3000-R Special Offerings. LeonL.
Wagnon III, SCA.
2442-GA-3000-R Missional Priority Evan-
gelism and Church Growth. TEN.
2443-GA-3000-R Highest priority to
Church Growth and Evangelical Outreach.
Administrative Board, Carter Memorial UMC,
Needham Heights, Massachusetts.
2444-GA-3000-R Consider lay input. Tas-
ker N. Rodman, UMC, Leachville, Arkansas.
46
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
April 26, 1988
2445-GA-30O0-R Inclusive Language. Sun-
day School Class 'Tor Women", Aldersgate
UMC, College Station, Texas.
2446-GA-3000-R Human Relations Day Of-
fering. Black Methodists for Church Renewal,
Inc.
2447-GA-3000-R Missional Priority: Evan-
gelism. Administrative Council, Williams
Center Asbury UMC, Bryan, Ohio.
2448-GA-3000-R Missional Priority: The
Family. Members, West Chelmsford UMC, West
Chelmsford, Massachusetts.
2450-GA-30OO-R$ Deaf Ministry. Mem-
bers, Washington UMC for the Deaf, Takoma
Park, Maryland.
2451-GA-3000-R Deaf Ministry. United
Methodist Congress of the Deaf
2452-GA-3000-R Advisory Coordinating
Committee on Older Adult Ministries. TEN.
2453-GA-3000-R Incorporation of the Eth-
nic Minority Local Church. Black Methodists
for Church Renewal, Inc.
2455-GA-3000-R$ Ethnic Minority Church
Grants. CNV Council on Ministries.
2456-GA-3000-R A New Beginning.
Methodists Associated, Representing the Cause
of Hispanic Americans.
2457-GA-30O0-R National Comprehensive
Plan for Hispanic Ministry. Methodists As-
sociated, Representing the Cause of Hispanic
Americans.
2458-GA-3000-R$ Task Force on AIDS.
MNE Council on Ministries.
2459-GA-3000-R Africa Church Growth
and Development. Black Methodists for
Church Renewal, Inc.
2460-GA-3000-R Accessibility guidelines
for meeting facilities. MOE Committee on Min-
istry to the Disabled.
2461-GA-3000-R A Tithing Church. CAP
Cabinet + 2 other individuals.
2464-GA-3000-R Disability Awareness Sun-
iey. OKL Board of Health and Welfare Mini-
stries.
2465-GA-3000-R In support of OAMN
report TEN Council on Older Adult Mini-
stries.
2466-GA-3000-R World Order Sunday.
Peace with Justice Committee, Asbury UMC,
Prairie Village, Kansas.
2467-GA-3000-R Native American staff for
general agencies. Native American Internation-
al Caucus.
2469-GA-3000-R Funding for Community
Developers. NAK Commission on Religion and
Race.
2470-GA-3000-R$ Inclusion of Ethnic
Minority Concerns on a Continuing Basis. Na-
tional United Methodist Rural Fellowship, + 3
Town and Country Associations.
2654-GA-30O0-R Incorporate heart of
present missional priority. Native American In-
ternational Caucus.
332-GA-3000-S$ Strengthening Small
Membership Churches. KEN, MEM. NMS.
339-GA-3000-S$ Commission to Study
Older Adult Ministries. ,RIO.
341-OA-3000-S$ Task Force on Gay/Les-
bian Issues. CNV.
638-GA-3000-S$ Ministries in Social Con-
flict. GBCS.
1200-GA-30O0-S$ Report on Book of
Resolutions. GCOM.
1271-GA-3000-S$ System of Voting Ac-
countability. Calvin B. Johnson, VIR.
1821-GA-3000-S$ Study jurisdictional
structure. Leonard D. Slutz, Hyde Park Com-
munity UMC, Cincinnati, Ohio.
2276-GA-3000-S$ Task Force to Study In-
clusiveness. Victor Goldschmidt, St. Andrew
UMC, West Lafayette, Indiana.
2438-GA-3000-S$ Study of church struc-
ture. Men's Fellowship, Asbury UMC, El Paso,
Texas.
2449-GA-3000-S$ Study Commission to
revise Constitution and general organization of
United Methodist Church. Donald L. Smith,
First UMC, Marion, Indiana.
Global Ministries
578-GM-631-D Jurisdictional Association
of Deaconesses/Home Missionaries. GBGM.
132-GM-700-D District Board of Global
Ministries. LSA.
273-GM-730-D United Methodist Associa-
tion of Health and Welfare Ministries. NAK
581-GM-730-D Conference Board of Global
Ministries. GBGM.
1369-GM-730-D Membership of Conference
Board of Global Ministries. HOL United
Methodist Women Executive Committee.
1370-GM-730-D Short-Term Volunteers.
North Central Jurisdiction, Intersharing Board
ofDirectors.
1733-GM-730-D Membership of Conference
Board of Global Ministries. Pauline Niles,
Green Trails UMC, Chesterfield, Missouri.
1778-GM-730-D Optional Conference
Board of Global Ministries. Barrett Renfro,
SWT.
2019-GM-730-D Conference Board of
Global Ministries. North Central Jurisdiction
Urban Network.
2393-GM-730-D Responsibilities of Con-
ference Board of Global Ministries. AFL Board
of Health and Welfare Ministries.
144-GM-1400-D Purpose of the General
Board of Global Ministries. DET, HOL, SGA,
SIL + 73 local churches, and 1 7 individuals.
888-GM-1400-D General Board of Global
Ministries. NMX.
2046-GM-1400-D Purpose of General
Board of Global Ministries. Administrative
Board, Washington Pike UMC, Knoxville, Ten-
nessee.
143-GM-1401-D General Board of Global
Ministries. DET, HOL, SGA, SIL + 86 local
churches, and 21 individuals.
586-GM-1401-D General Board of Global
Ministries. GBGM.
887-GM-1401-D General Board of Global
Ministries. NMX.
1344-GM-1401-D Muster out the General
Board of Global Ministries. Frank M. Smith,
Jr., First UMC, Arlington, Texas.
2045-GM-1401-D General Board of Global
Ministries. Administrative Board, Washington
Pike UMC, Knoxville, Tennessee.
830-GM-1402-D General Board of Global
Ministries. GCSW.
1050-GM- 1402-D Joint Committee on
Stewardship. ACST.
1335-GM-1402-D Amend Par. 1402. Frank
M. Smith Jr., First UMC, Arlington, Texas.
1455-GM-1402-D Retain Par. 1402.6. AFL
United Methodist Women Executive Committee,
+ 2 district UMW and 4 local churches.
1645-GM-1402-D$ Offices of Town and
Country and Urban Ministries. William E.
Ballard, IWA and H. Glenn Biddle, WOH, +
NE and SE Juris. Town and Country Associa-
tions.
2044-GM-1402-D Responsibilities of
General Board of Global Ministries. Betty A.
Jackson Hodges, St Paul UMC, Decatur, Geor-
gia.
2191-GM-1402-D Responsibilities of
General Board of Global Ministries. National
United Methodist R ural Fellowship, Legislative
and Executive Committees.
2264-GM-1402-D Inclusiveness. Victor
Goldschmidt, St Andrew UMC, West Lafayette,
Indiana.
587-GM-1403-D Objectives of General
Board of Global Ministries. GBGM.
1374-GM-1403-D Ratio of missionaries to
staff. Church Conference, Paradise Hills UMC,
Albuquerque, New Mexico.
2047-GM-1403-D Replace Par. 1403. Ad
ministrative Board, Washington Pike UMC,
Knoxville, Tennessee.
2265-GM-1403-D Relationship with chur
ches outside the U.S.A. Victor Goldschmidt, St
Andrew UMC, West Lafayette, Indiana.
2048-GM-1406-D Laity Division. Betty A
Jackson Hodges, St Paul UMC, Decatur, Geor-
gia.
145-GM-1410-D Missionary/Staff Ratio.
SGA
527-GM-1410-D Ratio of Missionaries to
Staff. William C. Mason, OKL + 49 local
groups and 22 individuals.
1646-GM-1410-D Addition to Par. 1410.3.
Administrative Board, Wilmore UMC, Wil-
more, Kentucky.
2266-GM-1410-D Inclusiveness. Victor
Goldschmidt, St Andrew UMC, West Lafayette,
Indiana.
146-GM-1411-D Financial Affairs of the
General Board of Global Ministries. SGA + 99
local groups and 22 individuals.
1375-GM-1411-D Financial Affairs of the
General Board of Global Ministries. Church
Conference, Paradise Hills UMC, Albuquerque,
New Mexico.
1794-GM-1412-D Representation from an-
nual conferences in Central Conferences.
Leonardo. SluU, HydePark Community UMC,
CincinruUi, Ohio.
April 26, 1988
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
47
2267-GM-1412-D Amend Par. 1412.6.
Central Conference of Northern Europe.
588-GM-1413-D Purpose of National
Division. GBGM.
S89-GM-1414-D Responsibilities of Nation-
al Division. GBGM.
2049-GM-1414-D Native American mini-
stries. Native American International Caucus.
2192-GM-1414-D Responsibilities of Na-
tional Division. National United Methodist
Rural Fellowship, Legislative and Executive
Committees.
2643-GM-1414-D Responsibilities of Na-
tional Division. National United Methodist
Rural Fellowship.
590-GM-1415-D Authority and Organiza-
tion of National Division. GBGM.
2193-GM-1415-D Role of National Division.
National United Methodist Rural Fellowship,
Legislative and Executive Committees.
1795-GM-1416-D Optional Executive Com-
mittee. Leonard D. Slutz, Hyde Park Com-
munity UMC, Cincinnati, Ohio.
2195-GM-1416-D National Program
Division. National United Methodist Rural
Fellowship, Legislative and Executive Commit-
tees.
591-GM-1418-D Office of Deaconess.
GBGM.
1647-GM-1418-D Retain Office of Deaco-
ness. WVA deaconesses.
592-GM-1419-D Committee on Deaconess.
GBGM.
593-GM-1420-D Responsibilities of the
Committee on Deaconess and Home Mission-
aiy Service. GBGM.
594-GM-1421-D The Office of Deaconess
and Home Missionary Service. GBGM.
2268-GM-1423-D Traditional mission. Vic-
tor Goldschmidt, St. Andrew UMC, West
Lafayette, Indiana.
1796-GM-1425-D Optional Executive Com-
mittee. Leonard D. Slutz, Hyde Park Com-
munity UMC, Cincinnati, Ohio.
1797-GM-1425-D Membership of Women's
Division. Leonard D. Slutz, Hyde Park Com-
munity UMC, Cincinnati, Ohio.
1798-GM-1429-D Election of women mem-
bers on General Board of Global Ministries.
Leonardo. Slutz, Hyde Park Community UMC,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
416-GM-1431-D Sovereign Indian Nations.
GCRR.
2051-GM-1431-D Purpose of World
Division. Native American International
Caucus.
417-GM-1432-D Sovereign Indian Nations.
GCRR.
2052-GM-1432-D Responsibilities of World
Division. Native American International
Caucus.
2053-GM-1433-D Authority of General
Board of Global Ministries. Native American
International Caucus.
695-GM-1438-D Administration of New
Commitments. GBGM.
2064-OM-1438-D Administration of new
commitments. Native American International
Caucus.
278-OM-1443-D Relationship with Health
and Welfare Ministries. NAK
596-GM-1443-D Relationship with the
United Methodist Association of Health and
Welfare Ministries. GBGM.
2640-GM-1443-D Relationship with United
Methodist Association of Health and WeUare
Ministries. AFL Board of Health and Welfare
Ministries.
274-GM-1449-D United Methodist Associa-
tion of Health and Welfare Ministries. NAK
697-GM-1449-D National Association of
Health and Welfare Ministries. GBGM.
2641-GM-1449-D National Association of
Health and Welfare Ministries. AFL Board of
Health and Welfare Ministries.
598-GM-1456-D Responsibilities of Mission
Personnel Resources Department. GBGM.
2055-GM-1456-D Responsibilities of Mis-
sion Personnel Resources Department. Native
American International Caucus.
599-GM-1461-D Objectives and Respon-
sibilities of the United Methodist Committee
on Relief GBGM.
600-GM-1466-D Disaster Response Coor-
dinator. GBGM.
350-GM-3000-R Dialogue between General
Board of Global Ministries and Mission Society.
FLA, KEN, NGA, NMX, SIL + MSS local
church.
351-OM-3000-R New Initiative on Evan-
gelism and Mission. SGA.
352-GM-3000-R United Methodist Develop-
ment Fund. SIL.
353-GM-3000-R$ Ministry to the Homeless
in America. CIL.
354-GM-3000-R$ Church and Community
Workers. WVA.
1250-GM-3000-R Report on Korean-
American Mission Structure. GBGM.
1286-GM-3000-R$ Establish evangeliza-
tion unit. Administrative Board, Dalraida
UMC, Montgomery, Alabama.
1342-GM-3000-R Increase number of mis-
sioneiries and neurow scope of missionary ef-
fort. Administrative Council, Wren UMC,
Wren, and members, UMC, Waldo, Ohio.
1356-GM-3000-R Dialogue between Gen.
Board of Global Ministries and the Mission
Society for United Methodists. Work Area on
Missions, Central UMC, Meridian, Mississippi.
1546-GM-3000-R$ Homelessness and
Poverty. Administrative Council, Westwood
UMC, Los Angeles, California, + Los Angeles
District Conf
1699-GM-3000-R Leadership development
for women and children. Jean L. Monroe, Beth-
lehem UMC, Moneta, Virginia
1700-GM-3000-R Establish evangelization
unit. AFL.
1701-GM-3000-R Renewed commitment to
Christian mission. AFL.
1702-GM-30OO-R New unit on evangelism.
AFL.
1703-GM-3000-R Continue dialogue be-
tween General Board of Global Ministries and
Mission Society for United Methodists. Arthur
R. Kirk and Robert D. Snyder, EOH, + 2 local
churches.
1704-GM-3000-R Recognize the Mission
Society for United Methodists. AFL + 3 local
churches and 1 individual.
1705-OM-3000-R$ National Division staff-
ing for Urban, Town and Country Ministries.
Willard E. Ballard, IWA and H. Glenn Biddle,
WOH, + NE Juris. Town and Country Asso.
Ex. Committee.
1706-GM-3000-R$ Reinstatement of the
Office of Town and Country Ministries and the
Office of Urban Ministries. H. Glenn Biddle,
WOH + NE and SE Jurisdictional, Town and
Country Asso. + Nat. UM Rural Fellowship.
2471-GM-3000-R Appalachian Challenge.
United Methodist Appalachian Development
Committee, Legislative and Executive Commit-
tees.
2473-GM-3000-R Give priority to urban
ministries. George Christie Jr., RKM.
2474-GM-3000-R Continuation of the
Southwest Border Committee. Methodists As-
sociated, Representing the Cause of Hispanic
Americans.
2475-GM-3000-R Church and Community
Workers. National United Methodist Rural
Fellowship, + NC and SE Juris. Town and
Country Associations.
2476-GM-3000-R Do not recognize Mission
Society for United Methodists. Linda Sue
Bailey, CIL.
2477-GM-3000-R Guidelines for developing
and implementing mission programs. Mem-
bers, West Chelmsford UMC, West Chelmsford,
Massachusetts.
2478-GM-3000-R Missional Challenge of
Appalachia. National United Methodist Rural
Fellowship, Legislative and Executive Commit-
tees.
2480-GM-3000-R$ Alcohol and Drug Abuse
in Native American Communities. Native
American International Caucus.
2481-GM-30OO-R$ Epidemics in Native
American Communities. Native American In-
ternational Caucus.
2482-GM-3000-R$ National Division staff-
ing for urban, town and country ministries.
National United Methodist Rural Fellowship,
+ 4 other organizations.
2472-GM-3999-R Affirmation of the Mis-
sion Society for United Methodists. United
Methodist Women, St. Mark's UMC, Raleigh.
North Carolina
2479-GM-3000-S$ Indian lands used by The
United Methodist Church. Native American
International Caucus.
Higher Education and
Chaplaincy
119-HE-731-D Wesley Foundation Board of
Directors. IWA.
48
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
April 26, 1988
791-HE-731-D Conference Board of Higher
Education and Campus Ministry. GBHM.
792-HE-731-D Conference Board of Higher
Education and Campus Ministry. GBHM.
1779-HE-731-D Optional Conference Board
of Higher Education Eind Ministry. Barrett
Renfro, SWT.
423-HE-1500-D Schools of Theology.
GCRR and Methodists Associated Representing
the, Cause of Hispanic Americans.
831-HE-1504-D Purpose of General Board
of Higher Education and Ministry. GBHM.
418-HE-1505-D General Board of Higher
Education and Ministry. GCRR.
832-HE-1505-D Objectives of General
Board of Higher Education and Ministry.
GBHM.
833-HE-1505-D Objectives of General
Board of Higher Education and Ministry.
GCRR.
834-HE-1505-D Objectives of General
Bo£u-d of Higher Education and Ministry.
GBHM.
835-HE-1505-D Objectives of General
Board of Higher Education and Ministry.
GCRR.
836-HE-1505-D Objectives of General
Board of Higher Education and Ministry.
GBHM.
1051-HE-1505-D Joint Committee on
Stewardship. ACST.
837-HE-1506-D Responsibilities of General
Board of Higher Education and Ministry.
GBHM.
839-HE-1508-D OfTices. GBHM.
840-HE-1509-D Ministerial Education
Fund. GBHM.
419-HE-1511-D Duties of Division of
Chaplains and Related Ministries. GCRR.
841-HE-1511-D Division of Chaplains and
Related Ministries. GBHM.
842-HE-1511-D Division of Chaplains and
Related Ministries. GBHM.
843-HE-1511-D Division of Chaplains and
Related Ministries. GCRR.
844-HE-1512-D Receipt and distribution of
funds. GBHM.
420-HE-1513-D Division of Higher Educa-
tion. GCRR.
845-HE-1513-D General Responsibilities of
Division of Higher Education. GBHM.
421-HE-1514-D Responsibilities to General
and Annual Conferences. GCRR.
846-HE-1514-D Responsibihties to General
and Annual Conferences. GBHM.
275-HE.1515-D Student Recognition Day.
HOL.
847-HE-1515-D Responsibilities to Institu-
tions. GBHM.
838-HE-1S16-D Responsibilities of General
Board of Higher Education and Ministry.
GBHM.
848-HE-1516-D Financing Higher Educa-
tion. GBHM.
2196-HE-1516-D Financing higher educa-
tion. Administrative Council, ML Holly
Springs UMC, Mt. Holly Springs, Pennsyl-
422-HE-1517-DUmversitySenate. GCRR.
849-HE-1517-D University Senate. GCSW.
850-HE-1517-D University Senate.
GBHM.
86 1-HE- 15 17-D University Senate. GCSW.
2661-HE-1617-D University Senate.
GBHM Division of Higher Education, +
University Senate.
852-HE-1518-D Purposes and Objectives of
University Senate. GBHM.
165-HE-1S20-D University Senate. NIN.
853-HE-1520-D Responsibilities of Univer-
sity Senate. GBHM.
854-HE-1526-D Responsibilities of Division
of Diaconal Ministry. GBHM.
855-HE-1529-D Responsibilities of Division
of Ordained Ministry. GBHM.
856-HE-1531-D United Methodist schools
of theology. GBHM.
1052-HE-1531-D United Methodist schools
of theology. ACST.
355-HE-3000-R$ "African Initiative".
PNW.
356-HE-3000-R$ United Methodist related
University in Africa. KSE.
357-HE-3000-R$ Hawaii Loa CoUege Sup-
port. CAP.
358-HE-3000-R Peace Colleges. WVA
626-HE-3000-R$ Educational Support for
Conscientious Objectors to Registration and
the Draft. GBCS.
928-HE-3000-R$ The Africa Higher Educa-
tion Initiative Fund. GBHM + CC Executive
Committee.
1074-HE-3000-R$ Black Colleges Histori-
cally Related to The United Methodist Church
and the Black CoUege Fund. GBHM, and Black
Methodists for Church Renewal, Inc.
1080-HE-3000-R$ $100M Scholarship En-
dowment Fund. GBHM.
1081-HE-3000-R$ Goals for the Black Col-
lege Fund. Commission on Black Colleges, +
Black Methodists for Church Renewal, Inc.
1082-HE-3000-R$ The Africa Initiative: a
United Methodist University for Africa.
GBHM.
1257-HE-3000-R$ General Educational
Fund. Linwood G. Cook, VIR.
1357.HE-3000-R$ Foundational Courses.
NNY Board of Diaconal Ministry, and Council
on Ministries.
1393-HE-3000-R Change name of Black
CoUege Fund. Administrative Board, Union
Chapel UMC, Monroe, Georgia.
1707.HE-3000-R Oppose church-related
university in Zimbabwe. Crusaders Class, First
UMC, Lancaster, Texas.
1708-HE-3000-R Seminary training for
town and rural pastors. H Glenn Biddle, WOH.
2483-HE-3000-R Courses necessary for a
weU trained minister. Members, Swaim
Memorial UMC, Jacksonville, Florida.
2484-HE-3000-R Speech training. Mem-
bers, Swaim Memorial UMC, Jacksonville,
Florida
2485-HE-30O0-R Seminary training for
town and rural pastors. National United
Methodist Rural Fellowship, + 5 other or-
ganizations and 2 local churches.
2486-HE-3000-R Postpone estabUshment
of a church-related university in Africa. Robert
C. Grandy, West Chelmsford UMC, West
Chelmsford, Massachusetts.
2487-HE-3000-R Opposition to funding
Methodist imiversity in Zimbabwe. Ad-
ministrative Board, First UMC, Murrysville,
Pennsylvania
2488-HE-3000-R Right to coUective bar-
gaining. Students at Boston University Schoo,
of Theology, members of 10 cmnual conferences.
2489-HE-3000-R Faculty at Schools O
Theology. Tasker N. Rodman, UMC, Leach
ville, Arkansas.
2490-HE-3000-R Higher ethical standards
for athletics at United Methodist related col-
leges emd universities. Administrative Board,
First UMC, Montrose, Colorado.
2544-HE-3000-R Voting of members of
General Board of Higher Education and Mini-
stry. Administrative Council, Calvary UMC,
Salem, Virginia.
2S45-HE-3000-R Continuing education
courses for Native American pastors. Native
American International Caucus.
2546-HE-3000-R$ Forum on Native
American Theology in the Christian Church.
Native American International Caucus.
2547-HE-3000-R Opposition to coUege in
Mozambique. Tasker N. Rodman, UMC,
Leachville, Arkansas.
2548-HE-3000-R$ In support for a United
Methodist Church related university in Africa.
Black Methodists for Church Renewal, Inc.
2549-HE-3000-R$ Education. Black
Methodists for Church Renewal, Inc.
2657-HE-3000-REmployment of cultmem-
bers. Administrative Council, Mt. Holly
Springs UMC, Mt. Holly, Pennsylvania.
947-HE-3000-S$ Study Commission on
Models of Theological Education and Patterns
of Ministry. GCRR.
Independent Commis-
sions / Judicial Ad-
ministration
409-1 J-700-D District Directors of Religion
and Race. GCRR.
799-IJ-737-D Conference Commission on
Archives and History. GCAH.
1289-IJ-737-D Annual Conference His-
torian. Walter N. Vernon, NTX.
1641-IJ-737-D Conference Commission on
Archives and History. WOH Commission on
Archives and History.
1781-IJ-737-D Conference Commission on
Archives emd Histoty. Edwin Schell, BAL.
1873-IJ-737-D Conference Historian. Lil-
lian Skeele, New Life UMC, Columbus, Ohio.
544-IJ-738-D Annual Conference Commis-
sion on Christian Unity and Inter-religious
Concerns. GCCU.
AprU 26, 1988
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
49
1782-IJ-738-D Optional Conference Com-
mission on Christian Unity and Inter-religious
Concerns. Barrett Renfro, SWT.
127-IJ-739-D Conference Commission on
ReUgion and Race. BAL, CAP, KEN, NIL,
SNJ, TRY, WPA, WVA, WYO.
128-IJ-739-D Conference Commission on
Religion and Race. AKM.
129-IJ-739-D Conference Commission on
Religion and Race. GCRR, AKM, CAP, KEN,
NIL, SNJ, TRY, VIR, WPA, WVA
130-IJ-739-D Conference Commission on
Religion and Race. GCRR, AKM, BAL, CAP,
KEN, NIL, SNJ, TRY, VIR, WPA, WVA.
171-IJ-739-D Conference Commission on
Religion and Race. RIO.
408-IJ-739-D Conference Commission on
Religion and Race. GCRR.
1113-IJ-739-D Membership of Conference
Commission on ReUgion and Race. GCOM.
1586-IJ-739-D Amend Par. 739.2. PEN.
1784-IJ-739-D Optional Conference Com-
mission on Religion and Race. Barrett Renfro,
SWT.
131-IJ-740-D Delete Conference Conunis-
sion on Status and Role of Women. NWT +
members. Central UMC, Meridian, Mississippi,
and 1 individual.
359-IJ-1804-D Membership of General
Commission on Archives and History. Com-
mission on the General Conference.
861-IJ-1804-D Membership of the General
Commission on Archives £ind History. GCAH.
1487-1 J- 1804-D Membership of General
Commission on Archives and History. Com-
mission on the General Conference.
862-IJ-1810-D Historical Society. GCAH.
863-IJ-1812-D Historic Shrines, Historic
Landmarks, emd Historic Sites. GCAH.
864-IJ-1812-D Responsibilities connected
with historic shrines, historic landmarks, £md
historic sites. GCSW.
865-IJ-1812-D Historic Shrines and
Landmarks. GCAH.
895-IJ-1905-D General Commission on
Communication. GCSW.
1649-IJ-1905-D Retain Par. 1905. AFL
United Methodist Women Executive Committee,
2 District UMW + 3 local churches and 1 local
UMW.
1055-IJ-1906-D Joint Committee on
Stewardship. ACST.
1650-IJ-1906-D ResponsibiUties of the
General Commission on Communication. Ad-
ministrative Councils, Trinity UMC, Byesville,
and Pleasant City UMC, Pleasant City, Ohio.
1878-1 J-1906-D Responsibilities of General
Commission on Communication. Arthur R.
Kirk, EOH
2060-IJ-1906-D Responsibilities of General
Commission on Communication. Native
American International Caucus.
1153-1 J- 1907-D Membership of the
General Commission on Communication.
GCFA
360-IJ-2002-D General Commission on
Christian Unity and Inter-religious Concerns.
Administrative Board, Christ UMC, Greenfield,
Wisconsin.
661-IJ-2003-D ResponsibiUties of General
Commission on Christian emd Inter-reUgious
Concerns. GCCU
1800-IJ-2003-D Explore concordats with
other churches in the Wesleyan tradition.
Leonardo. Slutz, HydePark Community UMC,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
562-IJ-2005-D Election Procedures.
GCCU.
2198-IJ-2005-D Responsibilities of General
Commission on Christian Unity and Inter-
religious Concerns. Paul F. Perry, SWT.
563-IJ-2006-D Membership of General
Commission on Christian Unity and Inter-
reUgious Concerns. GCCU.
564-IJ-2007-D Joint Commission on
Cooperation and Council. GCCU, CPMC.
425-IJ-2108-D General Commission on
ReUgion and Race. GCRR.
866-IJ-2108-D General Commission on
ReUgion and Race. GCSW.
867-IJ-2108-D General Commission on
Religion and Race. GCRR.
152-IJ-2201-D Dissolve General Commis-
sion on the Status and Role of Women. NWT
+ 5 individuals.
889-IJ-2202-D Transfer responsibQities.
NMX.
426-IJ-2203-D General Commission on
Status and Role of Women ResponsibiUties.
GCRR.
868-IJ-2204-D General Commission on the
Status and Role of Women. GCSW.
869-IJ-2208-D Election of general
secretariat. GCSW.
568-IJ-2400-D$ Commission on Pan
Methodist Cooperation. GCCU.
9€6-IJ-2400-D$ Commission on Pan-
Methodist Cooperation. CPMC.
566-IJ-2401.D Worid Methodist Council.
GCCU.
601-IJ-2401-D Worid Methodist CouncU.
GBGM.
567-IJ-2402-D Interdenominational
Cooperation Fund. GCCU.
875-IJ-2600-D Choosing a Trial. GBHM.
1880-IJ-2600-D Impeachment of Judicial
Council members. Jerry Eckert, WIS.
1881-IJ-2600-D General Provisions. Jerry
Eckert, WIS.
1882-IJ-2600-D Annual Conference
Judiciary Committee. Jerry Eckert, WIS.
430-IJ-2601-D Judicial Council. GCRR.
871-IJ-2601-D Judicial Council. GCSW.
1883-IJ-2601-D Nominations for Judicial
Council. Jerry Eckert, WIS.
1801-IJ-2605-D FiUing temporary vacancy
on Judicial Council. Leonard D. Slutz, Hyde
Park Community UMC, Cincinnati, Ohio.
1884-IJ-2605-D Addition of Rule 12. ^erry
Eckert, WIS.
2270-IJ-2606-D Judicial Council. Earl R.
Black, SIL
1885-IJ-2612-D Additions to Par. 2612.
Jerry Eckert, WIS.
1802-IJ-2613-D Extend right of appeal.
Leonard D. Slutz, Hyde Park Community
UMC, Cincinnati, Ohio.
517-IJ-2614-D Process of Appeal. Thomas
H. Griffith, CAP.
1803-IJ-2614-D Jurisdiction of the Judicial
CouncU. Leonard D. Slutz, Hyde Park Com-
munity UMC, Cincinnati, Ohio.
1886-IJ-2614-D Appeals. Jerry Eckert,
WIS.
2271-IJ-2614-D PubUcation of decisions of
Jurisdictional Committees on Appeed. Earl R
Black, SIL.
158-IJ-2615-D Declaratory Decisions.
MEM.
1887-IJ-2620-D PreUminary Assumptions.
Jerry Eckert, WIS.
2272-IJ-2620-D Legal civil rights of any ac-
cused person. Earl R. Black, SIL.
361-IJ-2621-D Sexual Abuse or Harass
ment. BAL.
431-IJ-2621-D Chargeable Offenses.
GCRR.
518-IJ-2621-D Chargeable Offenses.
GBCS.
872-IJ-2621-D Chargeable Offenses.
GBHM.
873-1 J-2621-D Chargeable Offenses.
GCSW.
874-IJ-2621-D Choosing a Trial. GBHM.
1023-1 J -262 1-D Retain Par. 2621.1(b).
WNCBOM, SGA delegation, AFL UMW, 2Dis
trict UMW, + 14 local churches and 1 in
dividual.
1350-IJ-2621-D Additional Chargeable Of
fense. Frank Finkbiner and Thomas W. Grif-
fith, CAP.
1460-IJ-2621-D Retain Par. 2621.1 (b) and
(c). Administrative Board, St. John UMC,
Mobile, Alabama.
1501-IJ-2621-D Chargeable offenses.
Kevin Baxter and Peter Milloy, MNN
1654-IJ-2621-D Retain Par. 2621. Mem-
bers, Hindman UMC, Hindman, Kentucky.
1888-1 J-262 1-D Chargeable Offenses.
Jerry Eckert, WIS.
2 199-1 J-262 1-D Chargeable Offenses.
Howard L. Lydick, First UMC, Richardson,
Texas.
2273-IJ-2621-D Minister's right to trial in
oise of involuntary retirement Earl R. Black,
SIL.
1351-IJ-2622-D Church Trials. Norman D.
Roe, SWT.
1889-IJ-2622-D Charges. Jerry Eckert,
WIS.
876-IJ-2623-D Investigation Procedures.
GBHM.
877-IJ-2623-D Investigation Procedures.
GCSW.
1101-IJ-2623-D Roles of the Committee on
Investigation and the Joint Review Committee.
Thomas H Griffith, Frank Finkbiner and,
Harold Johnson, CAP.
1324-1 J-2623-D Church Trials. Norman D.
Roe, SWT.
1S91-IJ-2623-D Membership of Jurisdic-
tional and Central Conference Committees on
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DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
April 26, 1988
Appeals. Leonard D. Slutz, Hyde Park Com-
munity UMC, Cincinnati, Ohio.
1737-IJ-2623-D Amend Par. 2623. Ad-
ministrative Council, First UMC, Cardington,
Ohio and Administrative Board, Alger
Memorial UMC, Eaton, Colorado.
1804-IJ-2623-D Proceedings in the Inves-
tigation. Administrative Board, Church of the
Cross, Wooster, Ohio.
1890-IJ-2623-D Investigation Procedures.
Jerry Eckert, WIS.
2081-IJ-2623-D Joint Review Committee.
8 ministerial members, AFL.
2082-IJ-2623-D Proceedings in the inves-
tigation. Administrative Board, First UMC,
Plymouth, Michigan, and UMW, St. Mark's
UMC, Raleigh, North Carolina.
362-IJ-2624-D Open Trial. BAL.
363-IJ-2624-D Funds for Assistant Coun-
sel. BAL.
432-IJ-2624-D Trial Procedures. GCRR.
878-IJ-2624-D Trial Procedures. GBHM.
879-IJ-2624-D Trial Procedures. GCSW.
880-IJ-2624-D Trial Procedures. GBHM.
881-IJ-2624-D Trial Procedures. GBHM.
882-IJ-2624-D Trial of a Lay Member of a
Local Church. GCSW.
896-IJ-2624-D Trial Procedures. UCOM.
1325-IJ-2624-D Convening of the Court.
Thomas H Griffith, CAP.
1352-IJ-2624-D Church Trials. Norman D.
Roe, SWT.
1806-IJ-2624-D Trial Procedures. Leonard
D. Slutz, Hyde Park Community UMC, Cincin-
nati, Ohio.
1891-IJ-2624-D Trial Procedures. Jerry
Eckert, WIS.
2083-IJ-2624-D Open trial. 8 ministerial
members, AFL.
2084-IJ-2624-D Reporting costs of a trial.
8 ministerial members, AFL.
2274-IJ-2624-D Trial Procedures. Earl R.
Black, SIL.
883-IJ-2625-D Financial Assistance.
GBHM.
1807-IJ-2625.D Amend Part. 2625.3.
Leonard D. Slutz, Hyde Park Community
UMC, Cincinnati, Ohio.
1808-IJ-2625-D Further appeal to Judicial
Council. Leonard D. Slutz, Hyde Park Com-
munity UMC, Cincinnati, Ohio.
1892-IJ-2625-D Appeal Procedures. Jerry
Eckert, WUS.
2085-IJ-2625-D Appeal procedures. 8 min-
isterial members, AFL.
2275-IJ-2625-D Appeal Procedures. Earl
R. Black, SIL.
610-IJ-2626-D Withdrawal of deaconess or
home missionary. GBGM.
884-IJ-2626-D Miscellaneous Provisions.
GBHM.
885-IJ-2626-D Miscellaneous Provisions.
GBHM.
433-IJ-3000-M Permanent Christmas Sun-
day. Milton Vallery, First UMC, Alexandria,
Louisiana.
434-IJ-3000-M Permanent Easter Sunday.
Milton Vallery, First UMC, Alexandria,
Louisiana.
1016-IJ-3000-M Report of Commission on
Pan-Methodist Cooperation. CPMC.
1293-IJ-3000-M Quadrennial Report.
Board of Trustees, John Street United
Methodist Church.
1473-IJ-3000-M Language on TV. Ad-
ministrative Council, Marion UMC, Marion,
Kentucky.
365-IJ-3000-R Dissolve General Commis-
sion on the Status and Role of Women. Nor-
man Carter, LRK + members,
Amity/Langley/Point Cedar Charge, Amity,
Arkansas.
366-IJ-3000-R Commendation of the
General Commission on the Status and Role of
Women. NWT.
367-IJ-3000-R Continue membership in
National Council of Churches of Christ in
U.S.A. WNC.
368-IJ-3000-R Withdraw from National
Council of Churches and World Council of
Churches. Administrative Council, First UMC,
Leavenworth, Kansas, and members, UMC,
Leachville, Arkansas.
369-1 J-3000-R Withdraw from World Coun-
cil of Churches. Administrative Council, St.
Paul UMC, College, Alaska.
370-IJ-3000-R Continue Membership in
Worid CouncU of Churches. WNC.
371-IJ-3000-R Consultation on Church
Union. WNC.
372-IJ-3000-R COCU Consensus. IWA
373-IJ-3000-R COCU Consensus. PNW,
TRY.
374-IJ-3000-R COCU Consensus. WYO.
376-IJ-3000-R$ EstabUsh General Com-
mission on the Inclusiveness of Persons with
Heindicapping Conditions. WVA.
377-IJ-3000-R$ Establish Commission on
Alcohol and Other Drug Concerns. IWA, NDK
+ members, 121 local churches and 2 in-
dividuals.
378-IJ-3000-R United Methodist Television
Ministry. SIL.
379-IJ-3000-R Define "Disobedience" as
Chargeable Offense. Frank L. Williams, BAL.
380-IJ-3000-R Define "Immorality" as
Chargeable Offense. Frank L. Williams, BAL.
435-IJ-3000-R Reconciliation with Mission-
ary Society. NIN.
498-IJ-3000-R Global Racism. GCRR.
627-IJ-3000-R Ecumenical Decade: Chur-
ches in Solidarity with Women. GBGM.
628-IJ-3000-R The Ecumenical Decade of
Churches in Solidarity with Women. GCCU.
629-IJ-3000-R Continuing Membership in
the National Council of Church of Christ in the
U.S.A. GCCU, + WIS CCUIC
630-IJ-3000-R Continuing Membership in
the World Council of Churches. GCCC7, + WIS
CCUIC.
631.IJ-3000-R Affirmation of COCU Con-
sensus Document. WIS.
633-IJ-3000-R COCU Consensus: In Quest
of a Church of Christ Uniting. GCCU.
660-1 J-3000-R 500th anniversaiy of arrival
of Christopher Columbus in the western hemi-
sphere. GCAH.
891-IJ-3000-R Transfer of responsibilities.
NMX.
971-IJ-30O0-R$ Commission on Pan-
Methodist Cooperation. CPMC.
1083-IJ-3000-R Act of Covenanting Bet-
ween Other Christian Churches and The
United Methodist Church. Council of Bishops,
GCCU.
1260-IJ-3000-R An Ecumenical Decade
Churches in Solidarity with Women. GCSW.
1458-IJ-3000-R$ Establish General Com
mission on Alcohol £md Drug Concerns. Mem
bers, 9 local churches in Ashton, Dolton,
Harvey,, Sterling, Sullivan, Walnut, Illinois.
1516-IJ-3000-R Discontinue membership
in World CouncU of Churches and National
CouncU of Churches. Philip K Shriver, Sweet
Home UMC, Sweet Home, Oregon.
15 17-IJ-3000-R New Revised Standard Ver-
sion of the Bible. Administrative Councils, Ad-
ministrative Boards or members, 32 local
churches + 2 individuals, in Ohio.
1607-IJ-3000-R$ Establish General Com-
mission on Alcohol and Drug Concerns. Mem-
bers, 28 local churches, in cities and towns, in
Texas.
1659-IJ-3000-R Ecumenical celebration of
Peace with Justice Week. EOH Board of
Church and Society.
1709-IJ-3000-R Voluntary Personal Disar-
mament. DET Division of Church and Society.
1823-IJ-3000-R Set up an Appeals Court.
Linda Sue Bailey, CIL.
1824-IJ-3000-R Discontinue membership,
financial and other support of WCC and NCCC.
Robert Hellam, Hilltop UMC, Seaside, Califor-
nia.
1826-IJ-3000-R Request Declaratory
Decision as to meaning and application of Par.
2625.3. Leonard D. Slutz, Hyde Park Com-
munity UMC, Cincinnati, Ohio.
2550-IJ-3000-R Issues for Native American
women. Native American International
Caucus.
2S51-IJ-3000-R General Commission on
Alcohol tmd Drugs. Howard L. Lydick, First
UMC, Richardson, Texas.
2552-IJ-3000-R Delete all references to
Status £md Role of Women in Discipline. Ad-
ministrative Councils, Thurman and Vega
UMCs, Thurman, Ohio.
2553-IJ-3000-R$ Native American History.
Native American Intematioruil Caucus.
2554-IJ-3000-R Racism/Sexism. Black
Methodists for Church Renewal, Inc.
2555-IJ-3000-R Sever connections with
Ohio Council of Churches and National Coun-
cU of Churches of Christ in USA. Members, St.
Pauls UMC, McCutchenville, Ohio.
2556-IJ-3000-R In support of COCU Con-
sensus Document. Paul F. Perry, SWT.
2557-IJ-3000-R$ EstabUsh General Com-
mission on Alcohol and Drug Concerns. Walter
J. Zabel, BAL + Nancy H Zabel, University
UMC, College Park, Maryland.
April 26, 1988
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
51
2558-IJ-3000-R 11 MiUennium Celebration.
Melhodists United for Peace with Justice.
2559-IJ-3000-R$ Establish Commission on
the History of Asian Americans. National
Federation, Asian American United Methodists.
2560-IJ-3000-R Commendation of GCRR
on use of Minority Self-Determination Fund.
Black Methodists for Church Renewal, Inc.
2561-IJ-30O0-R Invitation to other
Autonomous Methodist Churches to discuss
concordats. Leonardo. Slutz, Hyde Park Com-
munity UMC, Cincinnati, Ohio.
2644-1 J-3000-R New Revised Standard Ver-
sion of the Bible. Members, Washington Avenue
UMC, Columbus, and Westminster UMC, Har-
rod, Ohio.
375-IJ-3000-S$ Commission on Higher
Education for Minorities. WVA.
1822-IJ-3000-S$ Request Judicial Council
to prepare revisions and recirrangement of
Chapter Eight of Discipline. Leonardo. Slutz,
HydePark Community UMC, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Local Church
951-LC-46-C Eliminate Charge Conference
in charges of only one church. Darrel Loar,
WOH.
1298-LC-47-C Eliminate Charge Con-
ference in charges of only one church. Oarrel
Loar, WOH.
1104-LC-lOO-D The Journey of a Connec-
tional People. GCOM.
1032-LC-lOl-D The Church. MUMC.
29-LC-103-D Mission of the Church. NDK.
437-LC-103-D Displaying or Flying Flags.
Mark Wesley SCamm, CPA.
1033-LC-103-D The Mission of the Church.
MUMC.
1034-LC-103-D The Mission of the Church.
MUMC.
1299-LC-107-D The People of God. Jerry
Eckert, WIS.
922-LC-200-D Class Meetings. NJY.
668-LC-202-D The Church and Pastoral
Charge. GCSW.
1431-LC-202-D Retain Par. 202. AFL
UMWEx. Com. + 2 Oistrict UMW, and 4 local
churches.
669-LC-203-D Community of Persons.
GCSW.
2117-LC-204-D Responsibility of local
church for missional use of resources. United
Methodist Appalachian Development Commit-
tee.
670-LC-205-D Pastor in charge. GBHM.
30-LC-206-D Shared Facilities. CSV.
386-LC-206-D Shared Facilities. GCRR +
MARCHA and NFAAUM.
1927-LC-206-D Conference support of ex-
isting cooperative parishes. Claudia G. Harrel-
son, WNC
2118-LC-206-D Use of UM churches by
other denominations in emergency situations.
Lorena Crosby, Panama UMC, Panama, New
York.
671-LC-207-D Churches in Transitional
Communities. GCSW.
1432-LC-207-D Retain Par. 207,1. AFL
UMWEx. Com. + 2 District UMW, and 4 local
churches.
2218-LC-207-D Transitional Communities.
HaroU Oechsle, NIN + Victor Goldschmidt, St.
Andrew UMC, West Lafayette, Indiana.
1099-LC-207-D Qualifications of officers of
local church. /, Melville Wohrley, EOH.
2283-LC-208-D Membership in The United
Methodist Church. Members, Emmanuel UMC,
Beltsville, Maryland.
2284-LC-208-D Membership in The United
Methodist Church. Members, Wesley UMC, Am-
herst, Massachusetts.
31-LC-209-D Church Membership. NAL.
1433-LC-209-D Church membership.
Mitchell Williams, NAL.
32-LC-211-D Meaning of Membership.
SIL.
672-LC-211-D Church Membership.
GCSW.
1616-LC-211-D Retain Par. 211. Ad-
ministrative Board, St. John UMC, Mobile,
Alabama and members. Liberty Chapel UMC,,
Blue Creek, Ohio, and Parkview UMC, Benton,
Arkansas.
33-LC-216-D Confirmed Member. NAL.
164-LC-216-D Renewal of Membership
Vows. NIN.
1434-LC-216-D Church membership.
Mitchell Williams, NAL.
673-LC-218-D Person in mOitary service.
GBHM.
34-LC-224-D Nonconfirmed Member.
NAL.
1435-LC-224-D Church membership.
Mitchell Williams, NAL.
169-LC-227-D RighU of Local Church Af-
filiate/Associate Members. SWT.
1349-LC-227-D Affiliate and Associate
Membership. Jeffrey W. Morey, Bellevue
Heights UMC, Syracuse, New York.
35-LC-230-D Care of Members. RKM.
36-LC-230-D Certificate of Membership.
SDK
655-LC-230-D Care of Members. Ad-
ministrative Board, Mexico UMC, Mexico, Mis-
souri.
1301-LC-230-D Care of Members. Ad-
ministrative Board, Calvary UMC, Elkhart, In-
diana.
1302-LC-230-D Care of Members. Church
Conference, Trinity UMC, Los Osos, California.
1436-LC-230-D Membership roll. YEL.
1464-LC-230-D Amend Par. 230.1. Ad-
ministrative Board, Sunset UMC, Pasadena,
Texas.
1727-LC-230-D Amend Par. 230. 1. Nation-
al United Methodist Rural Fellowship, + 2 or-
ganizations, 1 local church and 1 individual.
1842-LC-230-D Addresses of members.
William C. Durrett, BAL.
2119-LC-230-D Care of Members. PaulF.
Perry, SWT.
674-LC-231-D Records of discontinued local
church. GCAH.
675-LC-234-D Membership records.
GBOD, GCFA.
2120-LC-234-D Membership records.
Galen Luebke, WIS.
2219-LC-234-D Computer records. Harold
Oechsle, NIN + Victor Goldschmidt, SL
Andrew UMC, West Lafayette, Indiana.
1929-LC-236-D Recording change of mem-
bership status. Michael W. Walker, NTX.
1928-LC-239-D Charge Conference and An-
nual Conference Reports. Leon Wagnon HI,
SCA.
438-LC-240-D Requirement for Church
Membership. Wilbur Wilcox, IWA.
1930-LC-240-D Certificate of Transfer. Ad-
ministrative Board, First UMC, Blair, Nebras-
ka.
387-LC-244-D Amend Par, 244.2. GCRR.
676-LC-244-D Basic responsibilities of local
church. GCAH.
1035-LC-244-D The Local Church. MUMC.
1931-LC-244-D Organization of Local
Church. Darrel Loar, WOH.
37-LC-245-D Local Church Administration.
WVA.
1933-LC-245-D Organization of local
church. June D. McCullough, Audubon UMC,
Audubon, New Jersey.
2121-LC-245-D Staff-Parish Relations
Committee. R. Dulaney Barrett, SWT.
2220-LC-245-D Committee on Nomina-
tions and Personnel. National Association, An-
nual Conference Lay Leaders.
439-LC-246-D Honorary Members of
Charge Conference. WNC Council on Adult
Ministries, + members, Salem UMC, Scotia,
Nebraska.
1405-LC-246-D Honorary Members of
Charge Conference. Administrative Board,
First UMC, Phoenix, Arizona.
1618-LC-246-D Charge Conference. Archie
B. Coleman, MSS.
1934-LC-246-D Eliminate charge confer-
ence in charges of only one church. Darrel
Loar, WOH.
38-LC-247-D Notification of Apportion-
ments. DET, HOL, NCA + 95 local churches,
and 13 individuals.
176-LC-247-D Membership of Administra-
tive Council or Administrative Board. RIO +
Administrative Board, First UMC, Phoenix,
Arizona and Mattie M. Henderson, Cincinnati,
Ohio.
345-LC-247-D Church Historian. EPA,
HOL, SWT Commissions on Archives and His-
tory, + 3 historical societies and 1 individual.
440-LC-247-D Salary Setting Authority.
Roger K. Short, NAL.
522-LC-247-D Membership of Administra-
tive Council or Administrative Board. WNC
Council on Adult Ministries.
572-LC-247-D Charge Conference. GBGM.
677-LC-247-D Church Historian. GCAH,
MNNCAH.
1390-LC-247-D Permanent file for records.
Donald H. Schell, First UMC, Hendersonville,
North Carolina.
1406-LC-247-D Membership of Committee
on Pastor-Parish Relations. Robert Dickerson,
AFL.
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DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
April 26, 1988
1499-LC-247-D Amend Par. 247.6. PEN
delegation.
1763-LC-247-D At Large Members of the
Administrative Board. Linda Sue Bailey, CIL.
1935-LC-247-D Eliminate Charge Con-
ference in charges of only one church. Barrel
Loar, WON.
1936-LC-247-D Powers and Duties of
Ch£irge Conference. Bruce Birch, BAL.
2627-LC-247-D Financial accountability.
Paul Wesley, LSA + 3 other individuals.
1932-LC-248-D Basic organizational plan
for the local church. Barrel Loar, WOH.
1937-LC-248-D Substitute Administrative
Board for Charge Conference. Barrel Loar,
WOH.
2122-LC-248-D Church Conference.
Marian Brown, Rosemount UMC, Rosemount,
Minnesota.
678-LC-249-D Powers and Duties of Charge
Conference. GBOB.
1437-LC-249-D Committee on Nomina-
tions and Personnel. Ernest Harold,
Reynoldsburg UMC, Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
1938-LC-249-D Substitute Administrative
Board for Charge Conference. Barrel Loar,
WOH.
2123-LC-249-D Church Conference.
Marian Brown, Rosemount UMC, Rosemount,
2221-LC-249-D Charge or Church Con-
ference. National Association, Annual Con-
ference Lay Leaders.
381-LC-250-D Stewards. SCA.
679-LC-250-D Chairpersons of work areas.
GBOB.
1939-LC-250-D Substitute Administrative
Board for Charge Conference. Barrel Loar,
WOH.
2124-LC-250-D Stewards. Paul F. Perry,
SWT.
39-LC-251-D Local Church Lay Leader.
MEM.
442-LC-251-D Church Lay Leader Member
of Annual Conference. NAK Council on Lay
Life and Work.
680-LC-251-D Responsibilities of Lay
Leader. GBOB.
681-LC-251-D Responsibilities of Lay
Leader. MEM.
682-LC-251-D Responsibilities of Lay
Leader. GBOB.
683-LC-251-D Responsibilities of Lay
Leader. MEM.
684-LC-251-D Associate Lay Leaders.
GBOB.
1026-LC-251-D Election and Respon-
sibihties of Lay Leader. Paul Wells + Paul J.
Meuschke, WPA, Laketon Heights UMC, Pit-
tsburgh, Pennsylvania.
1438-LC-251-D Dermition of lay leader and
lay member. Lonnie B. Brooks, Christ UMC,
Sugar Land, Texas.
1940-LC-251-D Substitute Administrative
Board for Charge Conference. Barrel Loar,
WOH.
2125-LC-251-D Lay Leader. Paul F. Perry,
SWT.
2 126-LC-251-D Lay delegates. Barbaraand
Erroll Wendland, First UMC, Temple, Texas.
2222-LC-261-D Lay leader. National As-
sociation, Annual Conference Lay Leaders.
40-LC-252-D Administrative Council.
RKM.
685-LC-252-D Work Area on Evangelism.
GBOB.
1941-LC-252-D Delete Par. 252. Barrel
Loar, WOH.
2127-LC-252-D Administrative Council.
Gary Ponder-Williams, MOE.
2128-LC-252-D Responsibility of local
church for missional use of resources. United
Methodist Appalachian Bevelopment Commit-
tee.
2223-LC-252-D Delete Par. 252. Id. Nation-
al Association, Annual Conference Lay Leaders.
41-LC-253-D Board of Stewards. FLA.
1620-LC-253-D Minutes of Administrative
Board meetings. Administrative Board, Centen-
ary UMC, Skowhegan, Maine.
1942-LC-253-D Delete Par. 253. Barrel
Loar, WOH
2224-LC-253-D Membership of Ad-
ministrative Boeird. National Association of
Annual Conference Lay, Leaders.
42-LC-254-D Administrative Board Mem-
bership. RKM.
388-LC-254-D Committed to Inclusiveness.
GCRR.
686-LC-254-D Coordinator of Scouting
Ministries. GBOB + Administrative Council,
Grace UMC, Memphis, Tennessee + 1 in-
dividual.
1439-LC-254-D Rights of pastor. Richard
T. Commander, NCA.
1621-LC-254-D Membership of Ad-
ministrative Board. Administrative Board,
Centenary UMC, Skowhegan, Maine.
1943-LC-254-D Membership of Ad-
ministrative Board. Walter J. label, BAL.
1944-LC-255-D Administrative Board.
Barrel Loar, WOH.
261-LC-256-D Clergy Couples Housing.
acsw, CAP.
687-LC-256-D Pastor in charge. GBHM.
689-LC-256-D Editorial deletion. GCFA,
GCSW.
1128-LC-256-D Housing for Pastors.
GCFA.
1303-LC-256-D Housing as Remuneration.
Jerry Eckert, WIS.
1440-LC-256-D Responsibilities of Ad-
ministrative Board. Richard T. Commander,
NCA.
1441-LC-256-D Retain Par. 256.3(0. AFL
UMWEx. Com + Andalusia and Mobile Bist.
UMW, and 3 local churches.
1945-LC-256-D Amend Par. 256. Barrel
Loar, WOH.
1946-LC-257-D Substitute Administrative
Board for Charge Conference. Barrel Loar,
WOH.
43-LC-258-D Omcers of Local Church
Council on Ministries. MEM.
175-LC-258-D Local Church Council on
Ministries. GCOM, RIO.
389-LC-258-D Inclusiveness. GCRR.
443-LC-258-D Chairperson on Prayer Life.
Council on Ministries, Ferrisburg UMC, Ferris-
burg, Vermont.
444-LC-258-D Church Historian on Coun-
cil on Ministries. FLA Commission on Ar-
chives and History.
690-LC-258-D Membership of Council on
Ministries. GBOB + Administrative Council,
Grace UMC, Memphis, Tennessee + 1 in-
dividual.
1843-LC-258-D Basic Membership of Coun-
cil on Ministries. Annual Church Meeting,
Aldersgate UMC, Bobbs Ferry, New York.
1947-LC-258-D Chairperson of Council on
Ministries. Charles W. Lightner, BAL.
1948-LC-258-D Substitute Administrative
Board for Charge Conference. Barrel Loar,
WOH.
2225-LC-258-D Membership of Council on
Ministries. National Association, Annual Con-
ference Lay Leaders.
691-LC-259-D Youth and adult ministiy
coordinators. GBOB.
1949-LC-259-D Substitute Administrative
Board for Charge Conference. Barrel Loar,
WOH.
1950-LC-260-D Substitute Administrative
Board for Charge Conference. Barrel Loar,
WOH.
159-LC-261-D Local Church Evangelism
Coordinator. NIN.
390-LC-261-D Work Areas. GCRR.
692-LC-261-D Work area chairperson of
education. GBOB.
693-LC-261-D Work area chairperson of
higher education and ministry. GBHM.
694-LC-261-D Work area chairperson of
higher education and ministry. GBOB.
695-LC-261-D Work area chairperson of
higher education and ministry. GBHM.
696-LC-261-D Work area chairperson of
stewardship. GBOB.
697-LC-261-D Work area chairperson of
worship. GCRR.
1507-LC-261-D Work Area on Music.
Linda Volland, St. Mark's UMC, Lincoln,
Nebraska, and Susan M. Parker, St. Luke
UMC, Sanford, North Carolina.
1619-LC-261-D Amend Par. 261.10. Linda
Volland, St. Mark's UMC, Lincoln, Nebraska.
1759-LC-261-D Work area chairperson of
the status and role of women. Members, North
Broadway UMC, Worthington, Ohio.
1844-LC-261-D Change "EvangeUsm" to
"Church Growth and Evangelism". Richard W.
Thomas, WOH.
2129-LC-261-D Responsibility of local
church for missional use of resources. United
Methodist Appalachian Bevelopment Commit-
tee.
2226-LC-261-D Chairperson of Work Area
on Stewardship. Robert J. Bexter, NIN + 3
other individuals.
2462-LC-261-D Tithing. CAP Cabinet + 2
other individuals.
April 26, 1988
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
53
573-LC-262-D Responsibilities of health
and welfare ministries representatives.
GBGM.
698-LC-262-D Superintendent of the
church school. GBOD.
2130-LC-262-D Superintendent of the Sun-
day School. National United Methodist Rural
Fellowship, Legislative and Executive Commit-
tees.
44-LC-263-D United Methodist Men. NAL.
699-LC-263-D Work area chairperson on
education. GBOD + Administrative Council,
Grace UMC, Memphis, Tennessee + 1 in-
dividual.
700-LC-263-D United Methodist Men.
GBOD.
1571-LC-263-D Change "Older Adult" to
"Golden Age". Lee F. Wynn Sr., First UMC,
Griffin, Georgia.
1617-LC-263-D Church Library. Mildred
Thompson, Church Street UMC, Knoxville,
Tennessee, and Richard C. Looney Sr, HOL.
1951-LC-263-D United Methodist Men.
NEB United Methodist Men.
2227-LC-263-D Church School Curriculum
Materials. Harold Oechsle, NIN + Victor
Goldschmidt, St Andrew UMC, West Lafayette,
Indiana.
2228-LC-263-D United Methodist Women.
Victor Goldschmidt, St Andrew UMC, West
Lafayette, Indiana.
1442-LC-264-D Women and Children Coor-
dinators. Betty Hill Jones, Bethlehem UMC,
Moneta, Virginia.
1572-LC-264-D Change "Older Adult" to
"Golden Age". Lee F. Wynn Sr., First UMC,
Griffin, Georgia.
531-LC-265.-D Work Area Commission.
GCCU
45-LC-267-D Committee on Nominations
and Personnel. GBOD, MEM.
46-LC-267-D Duties of Pastor-Parish Rela-
tions and Finance Committees. MEM.
167-LC-267-D Local Church Staff Posi-
tions. SWT.
391-LC-267-D Cross Racial Appointments.
GCRR.
445-LC-267-D Clarify requirements for
membership on committees. J. Richard Ward,
Christiana UMC, Christiana, Delaware.
446-LC-267-D Staff Parish Relations Com-
mittee. Bruce Buller, MNN.
447-LC-267-D Membership of Committee
on Pastor-Parish Relations. Gerald R. Lewis,
WOH
448-LC-267-D Membership of Committee
on Pastor-Parish Relations. Jim Beal, NAK.
449-LC-267-D Membership of Committee
on Pastor-Parish Relations. Edgar W. Rober-
sonJr,EPA.
450-LC-267-D Dismissal of staff. George A.
Kahl, Grace UMC, Baltimore, Maryland.
701-LC-267-D Committee on Pastor-Parish
Relations. GBHM.
702-LC-267-D Committee on Pastor-Parish
Relations. GBOD.
1304-LC-267-D Duties of the Committee on
Pastor-Parish Relations. John B. Moore,
Western Reserve UMC, Salem, Ohio.
1329-LC-267-D Chair of Committee on
Nominations and Personnel. Lester L. Moore,
IWA + Flora J. Cobb, Edenton St UMC,
Raleigh, North Carolina.
1332-LC-267-D Financial Secretary. Albert
Van Reenen, WVA.
1333-LC-267-D Chair of Nominating Com-
mittee. Edison B. Heard, WPA + 2 local chur-
ches.
1361-LC-267-D Duties of Committee on
Pastor-Parish Relations. John J. Shaffer, CIL.
1407-LC-267-D Nominating Process.
i?o6er/ Dickerson, AFL.
1422-LC-267-D Stewardship. Robert Wal-
den, Madison United Methodist Church,
Madison, New Jersey.
1443-LC-267-D Committee on Nomina-
tions and Personnel. Richard T. Commander,
NCA.
1444-LC-267-D Committee on Pastor-
Parish Relations. Richard T. Commander,
NCA.
1573-LC-267.D Amend Par. 267.2f(8).
Richard T. Commander, NCA.
1622-LC-267-D Adequate life and health in-
surance and pension benefits. Elizabeth G.
Taylor, Central UMC, Charlotte, North
Carolina.
1623-LC-267-D Committee on Pastor-
Parish Relations. Archie B. Coleman, MSS.
1624-LC-267-D Committee on Nomina-
tions and Personnel. Members, Graham Road
UMC, Falls Church, Virginia.
1626-LC-267-D Employment Practices.
Southeastern Jurisdiction Association, Con-
ference Boards ofDiaconal Ministry.
1627-LC-267-D Pastor's Salary. Jack
Riley, NMX.
1628-LC-267-D Committee on Pastor-
Parish Relations. Administrative Board, Cen-
tenary UMC, Skowhegan, Maine.
1629-LC-267-D Board of Trustees. Jim
Beal, NAK.
1729-LC-267-D Amend Par. 267.1. Dan
Tucker, NAK.
1760-LC-267-D Committee on Nomina-
tions and Personnel. H Marie Muddiman,
Raleigh Court UMC, Roanoke, Virginia.
1845-LC-267-D Amend Par. 267. Annual
Church Meeting, Aldersgate UMC, Dobbs Ferry,
New York.
1952-LC-267-D Committee on Nomina-
tions and Personnel. H. A. Harrington, LSA.
1953-LC-267-D Chair of Committee on
Nominations and Personnel. Lois C. DeSantis,
Richfield UMC, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
1954-LC-267-D Chair of Committee on
Nominations and Personnel. John T. Lundy,
First-Centenary UMC, Chattanooga, Tennessee.
1955-LC-267-D Membership of Committee
on Pastor-Parish Relations. 7 individuals in
local churches, Baltimore, Maryland, Gulfport,
Mississippi, Thomasville, North Carolina,
Washington, DC.
1956-LC-267-D Membership of Committee
on Pastor-Parish Relations. Walter J. Zabel,
BAL.
1957-LC-267-D Pastor-Parish Relations
Committee in Cooperative Parishes. Claudia
G. Harrelson, WNC
1958-LC-267-D Evaluation of pastor.
Eunice Barrett Leyland, Trinity UMC, Newport
News, Virginia.
2131-LC-267-D Chair of Committee on
Nominations and Personnel. Adele A. Niblack,
St. Andrew UMC, Florissant, Missouri.
2132-LC-267-D Chair of Committee on
Nominations and Personnel. Philip M.
Niblack, MOE.
2133-LC-267-D Committee on Nomina-
tions and Personnel. Members, Cambridge
UMC, Cambridge, Minnesota.
2134-LC-267-D Committee on Nomina-
tions and Personnel. William H. Brent, Towson
UMC, Towson, Maryland.
2135-LC-267-D ResponsibiUties of Pastor-
Parish Relations Conmiittee. Kay Gottula and
Keys Pendleton, WNC.
2136-LC-267-D Staff-Parish Relations
Committee. R. Dulaney Barrett, SWT.
2137-LC-267-D Committee on Pastor-
Parish Relations. Gordon V. Nelson Jr., VIR.
2229-LC-267-D Committee on Pastor-
Parish Relations. MortS. Cox, First UMC, Hot
Springs, Arkansas.
2230-LC-267-D Administrative Commit-
tees. National Association, Annual Conference
Lay Leaders.
47-LC-268-D Constituting Church Con-
ference. ORL
703-LC-268-D Organizing a new local
church. GBOD -t- National Federation of Asian
American, United Methodists.
1959-LC-268-D Constituting Church Con-
ference. William E. Ballard, IWA + NC, NE,
SE Jurisdiction, Town and Country Asso. +
Nat. UM Rural Fellowship.
1761-LC-269-D Delete Par. 269. Leonard
D. SluU, Hyde Park UMC, Cincinnati, Ohio.
530-LC-247-D Charge Conference. McCoy
Gutherie,NAL+ Administrative Board, Whiton
UMC, Crossville, Alabama.
157-LC-2500-D Shared Facilities. CNV.
429-LC-250O-D Shared FaciUties. GCRR,
MARCHA, NFAAUM and NE Jurisdiction,
Town and Country Association Executive Com-
mittee.
1154-LC-2500-D Local Church Per-
manent/Endowment Fund Committee. GCFA.
1155-LC-2500-D Local Church Founda-
tions. GCFA
1651-LC-2500-D Local Church Property.
Jack Riley, NMX.
1171-LC-2524-D Local Church Board of
Trustees-Qualifications. GCFA.
1284-LC-2524-D Board of Trustees. Ad-
ministrative Council, Olive UMC, Prentess,
West Virginia.
1805-LC-2524-D Membership of Board of
Trustees. Administrative Board, Norwood
UMC. Norwood, New York.
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DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
April 26, 1988
1879-LC-2524-D Board of Trustees. An-
nual Church Meeting, Aldersgate UMC, Dobbs
Ferry, New York
2065-LC-2524-D Board of Trustees. Wil-
liam L. Stratton, LVL.
2066-LC-2524-D Board of Trustees. Ad-
ministrative Board, Pleasant Valley UMC,
Wichita, Kansas.
155-LC-2525-D Local Church Board of
Trustees. MEM.
916-LC-2525-D Local Church Board of
Trustees. GCFA.
2067-LC-2525-D Chair of Committee on
Nominations emd Personnel. John T. Lundy,
First-Centenary UMC, Chattanooga, Tennessee.
2068-LC-2525-D Board of Trustees. Wil-
liam L. Stratton, LVL.
451-LC-2526-D Church Local Conference.
Peter F. Milloy and Ted G. Colescott, MNN.
S69-LC-2526-D Church Local Conference.
Administrative Council, Olive UMC, Fentress,
West Virginia.
1 172-LC-2526-D Church Local Conference-
-Duties, Authority and Membership. GCFA.
428-LC-2527-D Board of Trustees of
Cooperative Parish. GCRR.
1173-LC-2527-D Charge or Cooperative
Parish Board of Trustees. GCFA
1174-LC-2528-D Charge Conference-
Power and Authority. GCFA
1175-LC-2529-D Local Church Board of
Trustees-Organization and Membership.
GCFA
1590-LC-2529-D Board of Trustees. Ad-
ministrative Board, Central UMC, Columbus,
Mississippi.
2069-LC-2529-D Terms of trustees. Wil-
liam L. Stratton, LVL.
1459-LC-2529-D Board of Trustees. R. J.
Kanary, OKL.
1176-LC-2530-D Removal of Local Church
Trustees. GCFA
2070-LC-2530-D Terminating trustees.
William L. Stratton, LVL.
156-LC-2531-D Local Church Board of
Trustees. CPA.
1177-LC-2531-D Meetings of Local Church
Boards of Trustees. GCFA
452-LC-2532-D Annual Review of Church
Owned Parsonage. Brian N. Wills, NIN.
1178-LC-2532-D Board of Trustees-
Powers and Limitations. GCFA.
1541-LC-2532-D Clarifying authority of
Board of Trustees. Edison M. Amos, BAL.
2286-LC-2532-D Local church property.
Members, Wesley UMC, Amherst, Mas-
sachusetts.
917-LC-2533-D Property Titles-Unincor-
porated Local Churches. GCFA
1179-LC-2534-D Unincorporated Local
Church Property-Notice and Authorization.
GCFA
1180-LC-2536-D Incorporated Local
Church Property-Notice and Authorization.
GCFA.
602-LC-2537-D Local Church Property.
GBGM + Methodists Associated Representing
the. Cause of Hispanic Americans.
918-LC-2537-D Resolutions Authorizing
Local Church Property Transactions. GCFA
967-LC-2537-D Action to sell or transfer
property. CPMC.
603-LC-2S38-D Local Church Property.
GBGM + Methodists Associated Representing
the. Cause of Hispanic Americans.
1181-LC-2538-D Incorporated Local
Church Property-Sale, Transfer, Lease or
Mortgage. GCFA
1182-LC-2539-D Disposition of Church
Building or Parsonage. GCFA.
1 183-LC-2540-D Restriction on Proceeds of
Mortgage or Sale. GCFA
604-LC-2541-D Building or Purchasing
New Local Church Property. GBGM.
968-LC-2541-D Building committee. Billy
Y. York, NAL.
1184-LC-2541-D Planning and Financing
Requirements for Local Church Buildings.
GCFA
1277-LC-2541-D Purchase of Property.
DSW Committee on Congregational Develop-
ment.
1185-LC-2542-D Consecration and Dedica-
tion of Local Church Buildings. GCFA
605-LC-2543-D Merging Local Churches.
GBGM.
1186-LC-2543-D Merger of Local United
Methodist Churches. GCFA
2071-LC-2543-D Mergers of two or more
local churches. Ronald W. Fassett, WMI + NC
Juris, Urban Network, and Grand Rapids
Metro Ministry Ex. Committee.
2072-LC-2543-D Change of terminology.
Northeastern Jurisdiction Town and Country
Asso., Executive Committee.
2073-LC-2543-D Union of two or more local
churches. William E. Ballard, IWA + NEand
SE Jurisdiction, Town and Country Asso. +
Nat. UM Rural Fellowship.
2074-LC-2543-D Purpose for uniting local
churches. William E. Ballard, IWA + 4 or-
ganizations.
606-LC-2544-D Merging local churches
with churches of other denominations. GBGM.
1187-LC-2544-D Interdenominational
Local Church Mergers. GCFA
2075-LC-2544-D Change of terminology.
Northeastern Jurisdiction Town and Country
Asso., Executive Committee.
2076-LC-2544-D Mergers of one or more
local UMCs with one or more churches of other
denominations. Ronald W. Fassett, WMI +
NC Juris. Urban Network, and Grand Rapids
Metro Ministry Ex. Committee.
2077-LC-2544-D Uniting of UM congrega-
tions with congregations of other denomina-
tions. William E. Ballard, IWA + NC,NE,SE
Jurisdiction, Town and Country Asso. + Nat.
UM Rural Fellowship.
607-LC-2545-D Deeding church property to
federated church. GBGM.
969-LC-2545-D Deeding church property.
CPMC.
1188-LC-2545-D Deeding Church Property
to Federated Churches or Other Evangelical
Denominations. GCFA.
2078-LC-2545-D Deeding church property
to federated church. William E. Ballard, IWA
+ 4 organizations.
608-LC-2546-D Discontinuation or Aban-
donment of Local Church Property. GBGM.
970-LC-2546-D Discontinuation or Aban-
donment of Local Church Property. CPMC.
1156-LC-2546-D Discontinuation or Aban-
donment of Local Church Property. GCFA
2079-LC-2546-D Rationale for discontinua-
tion or abandonment of local church property.
William E. Ballard, IWA + NC and NE Juris-
diction, Town and Country Asso. + Nat. UM
Rural Fellowship.
2080-LC-2546-D Discontinuation or aban-
donment of local church property. VIR Cabinet
+ 4 individuals.
1189-LC-2547-D Board of Trustees Report
to the Charge Conference. GCFA
609-LC-2548-D Small Membership Chur-
ches. GBGM.
1190-LC-2548-D Study of Local Church
Potential. GCFA.
1191-LC-2549-D Exceptions to Require-
ments of This Chapter. GCFA.
349-LC-3000-R Include veteran holidays on
calendars printed by The United Methodist
Publishing House. Members, First UMC,
Meridian, Texas.
453-LC-3000-R Small Church. Doris W.
Davis, First UMC, Robinson, Illinois.
454-LC-3000-R School of Theology Interns.
Doris W. Davis, First UMC, Robinson, Illinois.
1518-LC-3000-R Qualifications for Sunday
School teacher. Anna M. Smith, Mt. Hedding
UMC. Greenville, West Virginia, and members,
Hickory Ridge-Tilton Charge, Hickory Ridge,
Arkansas.
1710-LC-3000-R Dropping names from the
rolls in one specific year. Don L. Forsman,
NMX.
1711-LC-3000-R "Retired" status for chur-
ches. Administrative Boards, UMCs,
Havensville, Soldier, Buck's Grove, Kansas.
1827-LC-3000-R Titles that Hurt.
Elizabeth Dill, St. John's UMC, Aiken, South
Carolina.
2564-LC-3000-R Local church program and
facilities for homeless. Administrative Board,
First UMC, Montrose, Colorado.
2567-LC-30O0-R Membership in supremist
group, the Ku Klux Han, and membership in
The United Methodist Church. Members, Wes-
ley UMC, Amherst, Massachusetts.
2568-LC-3000-R Charge Conference
records. Randy J. Strickland, FLA
2659-LC-3000-R Christian day care
centers. Administrative Board, Hayes UMC,
Fremont, Ohio.
2562-LC-3000-S$ Church-wide study of
ministerial financial support. EOH Renewal
Community.
2563-LC-3000-S$ Church-wide study of
clergy salary/support structure. National
United Methodist Rural Fellowship, + 5 other
organizations.
AprU 26, 1988
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
55
Ordained and Diaconal
Ministry
2207-MN-48-C Amend Par. 48. Victor
Goldschmidt, St. Andrew UMC, West Lafayette,
Indiana.
2208-MN-53-C Amend Par. 53. Victor
Goldschmidt, St Andrew UMC, West Lafayette,
Indiana.
455-MN-56-C Assistants to the Bishop.
Odie Gregg, NAL.
456-MN-57-C Consultations before ap-
pointments. Odie Gregg, NAL.
2209-MN-57-C Consultation. Victor
Goldschmidt, St. Andrew UMC. West
Lafayette, Indiana.
667-MN-llO-D Ecclesiastical Appoint-
ments. GBHM.
1300-MN-llO-D Ordain for Service. Jerry
Eckert, WIS.
751-MN-300-D Transfers. GBHM.
709-MN-304-D Candidacy for Diaconal Min-
istry. GBHM.
1631-MN-304-D Candidacy for Diaconal
Ministry. Administrative Board, First UMC,
Clinton, Oklahoma
1961-MN-304-D Candidacy for Diaconal
Ministry. Social Concerns Committee, Grace
UMC, Hicksville, Ohio.
688-MN-305-D Continuation of Candidacy.
GBHM.
55-MN-306-D Completion of Candidacy.
HOL.
394-MN-306-D Doctrinal Examination.
GCRR.
710-MN-306-D Completion of Candidacy.
GBHM.
711-MN-306-D Completion of Candidacy.
GBHM.
899-MN-306-D Completion of Candidacy.
GBHM.
1285-MN-306-D Amend Par. 304.1.
Portland Affirmation, P. O. Box 12673,
Portland, Oregon.
1309-MN-306-D Foundational Studies.
Eilizabeth Dill, St. John's UMC, Aiken, South
Carolina.
712-MN-307-D Consecration. GBHM.
1463-MN-307-D Consecration Service.
Shirley L. Ramsey, Red Mountain UMC, Mesa,
Arizona.
2138-MN-308-D General Provisions. KSE
Board of Diaconal Ministry.
713-MN-309-D Rights of Diaconal Mini-
sters. GBHM.
919-MN-309-D Relation of Diaconal Mini-
sters to Annual Conferences. Leonard D. Slutz,
HydePark Community UMC, Cincinnati, Ohio.
1632-MN-309-D Rights of Diaconal Mini-
sters. AlvinB.Dove,St. James UMC, Pleasant
Valley, Virginia.
2139-MN-309-D Lay delegates. Barbara
and Erroll Wendland, First UMC, Temple,
Texas.
714-MN-310-D Service Appointment of
Diaconal Ministers. GBHM.
1846-MN-310-D Service Appointment of
Diaconal Ministers. Members, Asbury UMC,
Prairie Village, Kansas.
715-MN-311-D Service of Diaconal Mini-
sters. GBHM.
457-MN-313-D Active Service of Diaconal
Ministers. DonaldABairdandAF.McClung,
vm.
752-MN-313-D Change in Conference
Relationship. GBHM.
716-MN-314-D Relationship to the Charge
Conference. GBHM.
1292-MN-315-D Support of diaconal mini-
ster. Linda C. Fox, University UMC, Baton
Rouge, Louisiana
1962-MN-315-D Relationship to the
Employing Agency. Ruth Ann Ivey, Bethany
UMC, Summerville, South Carolina.
1847-MN-318-D Notification of Dismissal.
Members, Asbury UMC, Prairie Village, Kan-
sas.
79-MN-400-D Extended Parenting Leave.
CNV.
81-MN-400-D Readmittance of Elders.
KEN.
985-MN-400-D Emerging Missional Mini-
stries Local Pastor. CNV Board of World Min-
istries.
1281-MN-400-D Reappointment to Pas-
toral Charge after Termination. Manuel V.
Gaxiola, CNV.
1338-MN-400-D Clergy participation in
meirriages of homosexuals and lesbians. Walter
D. Graham lU, VIR.
1362-MN-400-D Ordained Ministry. Ad-
ministrative Board, Levy UMC, North Little
Rock, Arkansas.
1848-MN-400-D Special Conditions: Excep-
tional Promise. Stephen M. Martin, WNC and
Doris Wellington, Triplett UMC, Mooresville,
North Carolina
56-MN-402-D Retain Par. 402.2. 15 annual
conferences, AFL agencies, IWA, WNC BOMs,
-^ 568 local groups and 122 individuals.
57-MN-402-D Delete Par. 402.2. RKM, WIS
+ 1 local group and 2 individuals.
58-MN-402-D Amend Par. 402.2. SIL.
59-MN-402-D Revise Par. 402.2. RKM +
members, UMC, Earlington, Kentucky.
60-MN-402-D Amend 402.2. RKM + 4 local
churches.
61-MN-402-D Amend Par. 402.2. RKM.
62-MN-402-D Amend Par. 402.2. RKM.
63-MN-402-D Amend Par. 402.2. RKM.
64-MN-402-D Replace Par. 402.2. CNV.
532-MN-402-D Amend 402.2. NYMO.
717-MN-402-D Amend Par. 402.2. GCSW.
718-MN-402-D Amend Paragraph 402.2.
GBHM + 4 local groups and 1 individual.
1305-MN-402-D Calling upon ordained
ministers to demonstrate love of God and
neighbor. Jerry Eckert, WIS.
1306-MN-402-D Amend Par. 402.2. Mem-
bers, Darkesville UMC, Inwood, West Virginia.
1307-MN-402-D Amend Par. 402.2. Robert
M. Armstrong, Belle Isle UMC, Warners, New
York.
1308-MN-402-D Prohibit any ordained min-
ister from retaining privileges if he/she is
homosexual. Members, First UMC, Lufkin,
Texas.
1348-MN-402-D Retain Par. 402. Ad-
ministrative Boards, members, 9 local churches
in Alabama, California, Illinois, New Jersey,
North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, West Virginia
1445-MN-402-D Retain Par. 402.1. MaryE.
Padgett, Callaway UMC, Panama City, Florida.
1500-MN-402-D Additions to Par. 402.
Robert M. Armstrong, Belle Isle UMC,
Warners, New York.
1511-MN-402-D Disciplined witness by or-
dained ministers. John R. Dicken, NIB.
1633-MN-402-D Addition to Par. 402.2. Ar-
chieB. Coleman, MSS.
1718-MN-402-D Amend Par. 402.2. Ad-
ministrative Council, Christ Church UM,
Moundsville, West Virginia.
1849-MN-402-D Amend Par. 402.2.
Patricia L. Ewing, Union UMC, Bridgeville,
Delaware.
1850-MN-402-D Amend Par. 402.2. Wil-
liam C. and Margaret B. Manlove, Union UMC,
Bridgeville, Delaware.
1851-MN-402-D Amend Par. 402.2. Wil-
liam and Penny M. E. Pritchett, Union UMC,
Bridgeville, Delaware.
1852-MN-402-D Amend Par. 402.2. Mem-
bers, Virginia Beach UMC, Virginia Beach, Vir-
ginia
1963-MN-402-D Amend Par. 402.2. Ad-
ministrative Council, Union Center UMC, En-
dicott, New York.
1964-MN-402-D Amend Par. 402.2. Ad-
ministrative Council, Williams Center Asbury
UMC, Bryan, Ohio.
1965-MN-402-D Amend Par. 402.2. Mem-
bers, Wesley UMC, Shiloh, and Camden UMC,
Camden, North Carolina.
1967-MN-402-D Amend Par. 402.2. Ad-
ministrative Councils, 5 local churches, in
Columbus, Indiana, Frankfort, Kansas,
Loranger, Louisiana
2140-MN-402-D Amend Par. 402.2. Brian
E. Carter, IWA.
2141-MN-402-D Amend Par. 402.2. Ad-
ministrative Council, Grant Park-Aldersgate
UMC, Atlanta, Georgia.
2231-MN-402-D Amend Par. 402.2. Mar-
cus Blaising, NIN + 4 other individuals.
2285-MN-402-D Amend Par. 402.2. Mem-
bers, Wesley UMC, Amherst, Massachusetts.
2646-MN-402-D Statement of Concern for
the Rights of People. United Methodist students
at Candler School of Theology.
1549-MN-403-D Retain Par. 403. Members,
Fairview UMC, Texarkana, Arkansas.
458-MN-404-D Certified Candidate. SIN
Committee for Ministry with Single Adults.
525-MN-404-D Candidacy for Ordained
Ministry. Gary L. Ball-Kilboume, NDK.
719-MN-404-D The Inquiring Candidate.
GBHM.
720-MN-404-D The Inquiring Candidate.
GCSW.
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April 26, 1988
721-MN-404-D Candidacy for Ordained
Ministry. GBHM.
892-MN-404-D The Certified Candidate.
GCSW.
1015-MN-404-D Retain Par. 404.4. WNC
Board of Ordained Ministry, SGA delegation, +
18 local churches and 8 individuals.
1266-MN-404-D Retain Par. 404.4(e). AFL
UMWEx. Com. and 3 Dist. UMW, + IB local
churches and 2 individuals.
1565-MN-404-D Retain Par. 404.2. UMW,
Spring Hill Ave. UMC, Mobile, Alabama, + Ad.
Councils, Scott- Memorial UMC, Eudora and
UMC, Parkdale, and members, Fairview UMC,
Texarkana, Arkansas.
1634-MN-404-D Retain Par. 404. Ad.
Boards, St. Francis St. UMC, Mobile,
Alabama, Williston UMC, East Aurora, New
York, First UMC, Clyde, Texas + Ad. Council,
UMC, Williamstown, New Jersey.
1968-MN-404-D Delete footnote for Par.
404.4(e). Brian E. Carter, IWA + Alice Knotts,
St. Paul UMC, Denver, Colorado.
722-MN-405-D Continuation of Candidacy.
GBHM.
459-MN-406-D Terminating Category of
Local Deacon/Elder. Paul B. Mitchell, KSE.
723-MN-406-D Local Pastor. GBHM.
1719-MN-406-D Amend Par. 406.4. CNV
Board of World Ministries.
2142-MN-406-D Part-time local pastors.
Carl L. Pocock, UMC, Burton City, Ohio.
724-MN-407-D License as a Local Pastor.
GBHM.
1969-MN-407-D License as a Local Pastor.
National Federation of Asian American United,
Methodists.
460-MN-408-D Delete Par. 408.1c. Donna
Hoover, Local Pastor, MOW.
929-MN-408-D Standards for Ordained
Ministry. Administrative Board, First UMC,
Stuttgart, Arkansas.
1253-MN-408-D Local Pastors. LSA Board
of Ordained Ministry.
1853-MN-408-D Full-time Local Pastors.
Stephen M. Martin, WNC, and Doris Wed-
dington, Triplett UMC, Mooresville, North
Carolina.
1970-MN-408-D Rights of full-time local
pastors. William E. Ballard, IWA + NC, NE,
SE Jurisdiction, Town and Country Asso. +
Nat. UM Rural Fellowship.
1854-MN-409-D Amend Par. 409.1. CNV
Board of World Ministries.
725-MN-410-D Local Pastor. GBHM.
1721-MN-410-D Sacrament and marriage
privileges for retired minority local pastors.
Ward D. Pierce, WMI + Michigan Area Indian
Workers Conference.
726-MN-411-D Counseling Elders. GBHM.
65-MN-412-D Ministerial Membership.
WYO.
461-MN.412-D Local Pastors. Mark S.
Womack, Local Pastor, HOL.
930-MN-412-D General Provisions of Ad-
mission and Continuance. Administrative
Board, First UMC, Stuttgart, Arkansas.
1971-MN-412-D Ministerial Membership of
the Annual Conference. William E. Ballard,
IWA + NC and NE Junsdictional, Town and
Country Asso. + Nat. UM Rural Fellowship.
66-MN-413-D Probationary Membership.
LVL.
395-MN-414-D Qualifications for Election
to Probationary Membership. GCRR.
462-MN-414-D Qualifications for Proba-
tionary Membership. SIN Committee for Min-
istry with Single Adults.
727-MN-414-D Qualifications for Election
to Probationaiy Membership. GBHM.
931-MN-414-D Eligibility for Probationary
Membership. Administrative Board, First
UMC, Stuttgart, Arkansas.
1018-MN-414-D Qualifications for Election
to Probationary Membership. SGA delegation.
1386-MN-414-D Retain Par. 414.7. WNC
Board of Ordained Ministry, + 12 local chur-
ches and 3 individuals.
2 143-MN-4 14-D Responsibility for payment
of required exams. Administrative Board, First
UMC, Hooks, Texas.
533-MN-416-D Educational Requirements
for Probationary Membership. CAP Board of
Ordained Ministry.
728-MN-416-D Special Conditions. GBHM.
893-MN-416-D Special Conditions. Boston
Area Asian Commission.
1503-MN-416-D Amend Par. 416. FLA
Board of Ordained Ministry, + Cabinet and
Richard J. Wills Jr.
1855-MN-416-D Amend Par. 416.2(b).
Stephen M. Martin, WNC, and Doris Wed-
dington, Triplett UMC, Mooresville, North
Carolina.
2619-MN-416-D Associate Members. Ad-
ministrative Council, Rodney UMC, Rodney,
Ohio.
67-MN-417-D Continuation in Probation-
ary Membership. WYO.
1550-MN-417-D Conference Board of Or-
dained Ministry Review. William A. Highfield,
WYO.
2144-MN-417-D Assignment of counselor.
United Methodist Rural Fellowship, Legislative
and Executive Committees.
68-MN-418-D Associate Members. SIN,
WVA.
69-MN-418-D Associate Members. LVL,
SIN, WVA, and Larry Ferguson, LRK.
604-MN-418-D Eligibility of election of as-
sociate members to General, Jurisdictional or
Central Conferences. WVA + WOH Toledo
District Town and Country, Association.
923-MN-418-D Rights of Associate Mem-
bers. 1987 Course of Study Student Council,
Perkins School of Theology.
1364-MN-418-D Eligibility and Rights of
Associate Members. Nolan R. Williams, WMI.
1973-MN-418-D Eligibility of associate
members to be elected delegates. William E.
Ballard, IWA + NC and NE Jurisdictional,
Town and Country Asso. + Nat. UM Rural Fel-
lowship.
70.MN-419-D Associate Members. WYO.
463-MN-419-D Associate Members. SIN
Committee for Ministry with Single Adults.
763-MN-419-D Requirements for Election
as Associate Members. GBHM.
932-MN-419-D Requirements for Election
as Associate Members. Administrative Board,
First UMC, Stuttgart, Arkansas.
1020-MN-419-D Retain Par. 419. WNC
Board of Ordained Ministry, SGA delegation, +
10 local churches and 2 individuals.
1430-MN-419-D Amend Par. 419. WPA
Board of Ordained Ministry.
1551-MN-419-D Education requirements
for Associate Membership in an annual confer-
ence. William A. Highfield, WYO.
1722-MN-420-D Full member status for as-
sociate members. Administrative Board,
Lakewood UMC, Lake Odessa, Michigan.
71-MN-422-D Rights of Full Members.
HOL.
464-MN-422-D Guaranteed Appointment.
Denman E. Frazer, TEN.
730-MN-422-D Rights of Full Members.
GBHM.
1857-MN-422-D Evaluation of a pastor's
health by District Superintendents. Jerry Eck-
ert, WIS.
2145-MN-422-D Rights of fuU members.
Opal C. Huettner, UMC, Markesan, Wisconsin.
2146-MN-422-D Rights of Full Members.
Administrative Board, Pilgrim UMC, St. John,
Michigan.
2147-MN-422-D Ministerial Moral Stan-
dards. Members, First UMC, Welch, West Vir-
ginia.
72-MN-423-D Service Equivalency for
Probationary Members. , CNV.
465-MN-423-D Requirements for Admis-
sion. SIN Committee for Ministry with Single
Adults.
534-MN-423-D Educational Requirements
for Probationary Membership. CAP Board of
Ordained Ministry.
731-MN-423-D Requirements for Admis-
sion. GBHM.
1021-MN-423-D Retain Par. 423.6(g).
WNC Board of Ordained Ministry, SGA delega-
tion, + 9 local churches and 3 individuals.
1574-MN-423-D Retain Par. 423.6. Mem-
bers, First UMC, Prestonsburg, Kentucky, And
Trinity UMC, Warner Robins, Georgia.
1751-MN-423-D Age requirement for full
membership. Shelton Spivey, Whaleyville
UMC, Suffolk, Virginia.
1974-MN-423-D Requiremente for admis-
sion. John L. Clark, Edgewater UMC,
Edgewater, Colorado.
2 148-MN-423-D Responsibility for payment
of required tests. Administrative Board, First
UMC, Hooks, Texas.
732-MN-424-D Examination for Admission
into FuU Connection £md Associate Member-
ship. GBHM.
1086-MN-424-D Questions for Examining
Candidates for Admission. Members, Grace
UMC, Rochester, New York.
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733-MN-425-D Ministers from Other An-
nual Conferences and Other Methodist
Denominations. GBHM.
952-MN-425-D Ministers from Other An-
nual Conferences and Other Methodist
Denominations. GBPN.
1425-MN-425-D Define and clarify Par.
425.1. Robert B. Campbell, MOW.
734-MN-426-D Transfers from Other
Denominations. GBHM.
1635-MN-426-D Transfers. Administrative
Council, Clair Memorial UMC, Omaha,
Nebraska
73-MN-429-D Sacrament of Baptism. CIL.
74-MN-429-D Act of Ordination. NDK,
SGA + 156 local churches and 46 individuals.
466-MN-430-D Qualifications for Ordina-
tion. SIN Committee for Ministry with Single
Adults.
933-MN-430-D Qualifications for Ordina-
tion. Administrative Board, First UMC, Stut-
tgart, Arkansas.
1022-MN-430-D Retain Par. 430.6. WNC
Board of Ordained Ministry, SGA delegation, +
27 local churches and 12 individuals.
1636-MN-430-D Quahfications for Ordina-
tion. Members, First UMC, Magnolia, Arkan-
sas.
75-MN-431-D Act of Ordination. CIL, SGA
+ 1 VIR local church.
467-MN-434-D Laying On of Hands. SAL.
574-MN-434-D Ordination Service. GCCU
1287-MN-434-D Ordination by the Whole
Church. WIS delegation and Laity Council.
1637-MN-435-D General Provisions. Ad-
ministrative Council, Clair Memorial UMC,
Omaha, Nebraska.
2149-MN-435-D General Provisions. Galen
Luebke,WIS.
468-MN-436-D Senior Pastor. James L.
Paulson, NIL.
469-MN-436-D Appointment Process. J.
Richard Ward, Christiana UMC, Christiana,
Delaware.
735-MN-436-D The Itinerant System.
GBHM.
1310-MN-43e-D Appointment of interim
pastors. MOE Board of Ordained Ministry.
1728-MN-436-D Appointment of interim
pastors. MOE UM Rural Fellowship.
1975-MN-436-D Appointment of Interim
Pastors. William E. Ballard, IWA + 6 or
ganizations.
736-MN-437-D Definition of pastor
GBHM.
737-MN-438-D Responsibilities of a pastor.
GBHM.
1036-MN-438-D The Pastor. MUMC.
76-MN-439-D Ministering within the Con
gregation. NDK +176 local churches and 41
individuals.
77-MN-439-D Ministering within the Con
gregation. WIS.
78-MN-439-D Ministering within the Con
gregation. NGA.
738-MN-439-D Ministering Within the
Congregation and the World. GBHM.
739-MN-439-D Ministering Within the
Congregation and the Worid. GBHM.
934-MN-439-D Pastoral Counseling of
Divorced Persons. ORI.
2232-MN-439-D Pastoral responsibility for
training lay leadership. Mort S. Cox, First
UMC, Hot Springs, Arkansas.
2233-MN-440-D Strengthen ministry of lay
persons. Mort S. Cox, First UMC, Hot Springs,
Arkansas.
1068-MN-441-D Pastor's Reports to
Charge Conference. Perry S. Miller, WNC.
1752-MN-441-D Administration. Edwin
Schell, BAL.
2234-MN-441-D Pastoral accountability.
Mort S. Cox, First UMC, Hot Springs, Arkan-
sas.
1575-MN-442-D Clergy Couples. Arthur M.
0'NeilJr.,NGA
470-MN-443-D Relation to Equalization of
Lay and Ministerial Members. James G.
Towler, SDA.
754-MN-443-D Appointments Beyond the
Local United Methodist Church. GBHM.
755-MN-443-D Appointments Beyond the
Local Church. GBHM.
763-MN-443-D Working with Ministers.
GBHM.
1087-MN-443-D Charge Conference of Con-
ference Members Appointed Beyond the Local
Church. Glenn B. Kohlhepp, WPA.
1267-MN-443-D AfTiliate Relation to a
Local Church. Madge B. Floyd, WPA.
1512-MN-443-D Amend Par. 443.1a.
Thomas E. Frank, MOE.
1856-MN-443-D Categories of appoint-
ments beyond the local church. Charles W.
Brockwell Jr., LVL + 11 other individuals.
1976-MN-443-D Categories of appoint-
ments beyond the local church. GCCU.
2150-MN-443-D Celebrate ministry of per-
sons appointed to serve beyond the local
church. Frank S. Dunnewind, Bethlehem
UMC, Franklin, Tennessee.
740-MN-444-D Special Provisions. GBHM.
1282-MN-444-D Rights of Full Members.
Manuel V. Gaxiola, CNV.
1311-MN-444-D Amend Par. 444. Robert
M. Armstrong, Belle Isle UMC, Warners, New
York.
741-MN-445-D Evaluation. GBHM.
1446-MN-445-D Evaluation. Richard T.
Commander, NCA.
743-MN-446-D Continuing Education.
GBHM.
742-MN-447-D Continuing Education.
GBHM.
1468-MN-447-D Educational Leave. Jack
Riley, NMX.
1534-MN-448-D$ Sabbatical Leaves. /. Mel-
vilk Wohrley, EOH
1312-MN-449-D Change of conference
relationship. Jerry Eckert, WIS.
47 1.MN-450-D Charge Conference of Those
on Leave of Absence. Paul B. Mitchell, KSE.
744-MN-450-D Leave of Absence. GBHM.
935-MN-450-D Ministerial Leave of Ab-
sence. ORI.
936-MN-450-D Leave of Absence. GBHM.
953.MN-450.D Leave of Absence. GBPN.
954-MN-450-D Leave of Absence. GBHM.
1313-MN-450-D Right of Cabinets to in-
itiate Leave of Absence. Jerry Eckert, WIS.
1765-MN-450-D Leave of Absence.
Leonard D. Slutz, HydePark Community UMC,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
2235-MN-450-D Leave of Absence. EarlR.
Black, SIL.
745-MN-451-D Maternity/Paternity Leave.
GBHM.
95S-MN-451-D Maternity/Paternity Leave.
GBPN
956-MN-452-D Disability Leave. GBPN.
472-MN-453-D Mandatory Retirement.
Administrative Board, Bethany UMC,
Hampton, Virginia + D. A Baird, VIR.
473-MN-453-D Membership of Retired
Ministers. Donald C. Keck, NIL.
474-MN-453-D Relation to Equalization of
Lay and Ministerial Members. James G.
Towler, SDA.
746-MN-453-D Changes of Conference
Relationship. GCSW.
747-MN-453-D Appointment of Retired
Ministers. GBHM.
957-MN-453-D Retirement. GBPN.
1283-MN-453-D Ministers-in-Residence.
Manuel V. Gaxiola, CNV.
1288-MN-453-D Mandatory Retirement.
Jonnie T. Keith, Cascade UMC, Atlanta, Geor-
gia.
1411-MN-453-D Charge Conference mem-
bership. Jerry Eckert, WIS.
1412-MN-453-D Appointment of Retired
Pastors. Administrative Council, Atwater
UMC, Ahvater, Ohio.
1521-MN-453-D Voluntary Retirement
with 37 Years of Service or at Age 62. James A.
Smith Jr., MNE.
1858-MN-453-D EUminate mandatory
retirement. Harold E. Walton, PEN.
1977-MN-453-D Death Benefit Program.
Donald A. Smith, First UMC, Marion, Indiana.
1978-MN-453-D Rights of retired mini-
sters. William R. Keeffe, NHA.
1979-MN-453-D Appointment of retired
ministers. Charles Dailey, EOH.
2236-MN-453-D Retirement. Earl R.
Black, SIL.
2237-MN-453-D Retirement. Members,
Metropolitan UMC, Detroit, Michigan.
80-MN-454-D Honorable Location. SNE.
475-MN-454-D Transfer of Credentials.
PNW Clergy Executive Session.
476-MN-454-D Option to Surrender of
Credentials. Minnie Lee S. Lancaster, First
UMC, Grapevine, Texas.
729-MN-454-D Discontinuance from
Probationary Membership. GBHM.
748-MN-454-D Review Full and Associate
Conference Membership. GBHM.
749-MN-454-D Honorable Location.
GBHM.
750-MN-454-D Review of Full and Associate
Conference Membership. GBHM.
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1314-MN-454-D Involuntajy discon-
tinuance of ministers on probation. Jerry Eck
erl, WIS.
756-MN-455-D Grievance Procedures
GBHM.
958-MN-455-D Involuntary Termination
Eugene Blair, WOH.
1315-MN-455-D Involuntary termination
Jerry Eckert, WIS.
1980-MN-455-D Regular evaluation of ef-
fectiveness of pastors. 6 individuals in local
churches, In Gulfport, Mississippi, Thomas
ville, North Carolina, Washington, DC.
2238-MN-455-D Involuntary Termination
EarlR. Black, SIL.
757-MN-457-D Readmission to Conference
Relationship. GBHM.
758-MN-458-D Readmission to Conference
Relationship. GBHM.
1859-MN-458-D Readmission after Sur-
render of ministerial office. Jerry Eckert, WIS.
2151-MN-458-D Readmission after sur-
render of the ministerial office. NAK Board of
Ordained Ministry.
89-MN-500-D Accountability of Bishops.
WIS.
478-MN-500-D Appointment of District Su-
perintendents. Administrative Board, Christ
UMC, Greenfield, Wisconsin.
767-MN-500-D Renewal Leave. GBHM.
1251-MN-500-D Qualifications for the epis-
copal office. Kenneth W. Chalker, EOH.
1475-MN-500-D Office of Administrative
Assistant to the Bishop. William R. Johnson,
NDK.
382-MN-501-D Presiding Elder. SCA.
1316-MN-501-D Calling on superinten-
dents to demonstrate love of God and neighbor.
Jerry Eckert, WIS.
1981-MN-501-D Bishops as chief executive
officers. Administrative Board, First UMC,
Montrose, Colorado.
396-MN-502-D Inclusiveness. GCRR.
1317-MN-504-D Calling on bishops and su-
perintendents to demonstrate love of God and
neighbor. Jerry Eckert, WIS.
477-MN-509-D Retirement of Bishops.
Keith D. Davis, NIN.
759-MN-509-D Termination of Office.
GBHM.
959-MN-509-D Voluntary Retirement. CC
Executive Committee.
1130-MN-509-D Retirement of Bishops.
GCFA
1131-MN-509-D Retirement of Bishops.
GCFA.
1766-MN-509-D Retirement Age for
Bishops. Theodore L. Agnew, First UMC,
Stillwater, Oklahoma.
1767-MN-509-D Rights of a retired bishop.
Leonardo. Slutz, Hyde Park Community UMC,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
1861-MN-509-D Retirement of bishops.
Members, Swaim Memorial UMC, Jackson-
ville, Florida.
760-MN-510-D Status of Retired Bishops.
GBHM.
901-MN-510-D Authority of a Retired
Bishop to preside over a Conference. GCFA.
761-MN-511-D Renewal Leave. GBHM.
902-MN-511-D Remuneration of a Bishop
on Sabbatical Leave. GCFA.
1984-MN-511-D Renewal Leave. Ad-
ministrative Board, Trinity UMC, Jensen
Beach, Florida.
536-MN-512-D Consecration of Bishops.
GCCU
762-MN-513-D Disposition of Complaint.
GBHM.
1768-MN-513-D Review Committee.
Western Jurisdiction Committee on Episcopacy.
2239-MN-513-D Sabbatical Leave following
complaint. Victor Goldschmidt, St. Andrew
UMC, West Lafayette, + P. Robin Smith, Faith
UMC, Logansport, Indiana.
1536-MN-514-D Responsibilities of
bishops. /. Melville Wohrley, EOH.
1577-MN-514-D ResponsibiUties of
bishops. Richard T. Commander, NCA.
2153-MN-514-D Leadership of Council of
Bishops. Howard L. Lydick, First UMC,
Richardson, Texas.
575-MN-515-D Presidential Duties.
GBGM.
1985-MN-515-D Presidential Duties.
Western Jurisdiction College of Bishops.
1447-MN-516-D ResponsibiUties of
bishops. Richard T Commander, NCA.
1638-MN-516-D Working with Ministers.
Administrative Council, Clair Memorial UMC,
Omaha, Nebraska.
1986-MN-516-D Working with ministers.
Richard T. Commander, NCA, and Lelia S.
Commander, Carrboro UMC, Carrboro, North
Carolina.
2154-MN-516-D Responsibihties of
bishops. KSE Cabinet, Boards ofDiaconal and
Ordained Ministry.
1318-MN-517-D Election of District Super-
intendents. Jerry Eckert, WIS.
1330-MN-517-D Selection and Assignment
of District Superintendents. Lester L. Moore,
IWA
1862-MN-517-D Appointment of District
Superintendent. Members, Asbury UMC,
Prairie Village, Kansas.
87-MN-518-D Limitation on Years of Ser-
vice. SNE.
1268-MN-518-D Limitations of Years of
Service. Madge B. Floyd, WPA
88-MN-519-D Responsibilities of District
Superintendent. NGA.
397-MN-519-D Commitment to Inclusive-
ness. GCRR.
479-MN-5 19-D Supervision of Mission Site.
Ramona Kramer, UMC, Prairie du Sac, Wis-
consin.
764-MN-519-D Responsibilities of District
Superintendents. GBHM.
480-MN-520-D Supervision Respon-
sibilities. Ramona Kramer, UMC, Prairie du
Sac, Wisconsin.
765-MN-520-D Supervision. GBHM.
1578-MN-520-D Responsibilities of district
superintendents. Aleta Catron, First UMC,
Huntsville, Alabama.
1863-MN-620-D Supervision. Members,
Asbury UMC, Prairie Village, Kansas.
2240-MN-520-D Supervision. MortS. Cox,
First UMC, Hot Springs, Arkansas.
398-MN-521-D Handicapping Condition.
GCRR.
766-MN-521-D Personnel. GBHM.
1013-MN.521-D Personnel. ORI Board of
Diaconal Ministry.
1579-MN-521-D Responsibilities of District
Superintendents. Richard T. Commander,
NCA.
2155-MN-521-D Responsibilities of District
Superintendents. KSE Cabinet, Boards of
Diaconal and Ordained Ministry.
2156-MN-522-D Responsibihties of District
Superintendents. KSE Boards ofDiaconal and
Ordained Ministry.
2656-MN-522-D Responsibilities of District
Superintendents. KSE Cabinet.
481-MN-523-D Audit of District Monies.
Jim Beal, NAK.
1987-MN-523-D Delete Par. 523.1. Darrel
Loar, WOH.
399-MN-524-D Ecumenical and Racial In-
clusiveness. GCRR.
1319-MN-524-D Non-personal respon-
sibilities of District Superintendents. Jerry
Eckert, WIS.
2157-MN-524-D Program responsibilities
of District Superintendents. National United
Methodist Rural Fellowship, Legislative and
Executive Committees.
1291-MN-526-D Responsibilities of District
Superintendents. Wendell A. Meggs, TEN.
1109-MN-528-D Conference Council
Director's Relationship to Cabinet. GCOM.
1320-MN-528-D AccountabiUty of District
Superintendents. Jerry Eckert, WIS.
1988-MN-529-D Appointment-making. 7
individuals in local churches, Baltimore,
Maryland, Gulfport, Mississippi, Thomasville,
North Carolina, Washington, DC.
90-MN-530-D Consultation and Appoint-
ment-Making. SIL.
576-MN-530-D Process of consultation.
SIN.
769-MN-530-D Consultation and Appoint-
ment-Making. GBHM.
1448-MN-530-D Consultation process.
Richard T. Commander, NCA.
770-MN-531-D Criteria. GBHM.
937-MN-531-D Criteria for Pastors. Ad-
ministrative Board, First UMC, Stuttgart,
Arkansas.
1989-MN-531-D Appointment-making
Charles Dailey, EOH.
1990-MN-531-D Appointment-making
Native American International Caucus.
2241-MN-531-D Tenure of Appointmente.
Robert J. Dexter, NIN ■^ 2 other individuals.
482-MN-532-D Process of Appointment
Making Gene A. Norris, SCA
677-MN-632-D Process of consultation
SIN.
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924-MN-532-D Process of Appointment-
Making. Members, First UMC, Cedar Falls,
Iowa.
1321-MN-532-D Initiating a change of ap-
pointment. John B. Moore, Western Reserve
UMC, Salem, Ohio.
1322-MN-532-D Consultation Process.
Jerry Eckert, WIS.
1991-MN-532-D Appointment-making
process. 5 individuals in local churches,
Gulfport, Mississippi, Thomasville, North
Carolina, Washington, DC.
2158-MN-532-D Ecumenically-related ap-
pointments. National United Methodist Rural
Fellowship, Legislative and Executive Commit-
tees.
2 159-MN-532-D Appointment-making.
KSE Boards ofDiaconal and Ordained Mini-
stry.
2628-MN-532-D Appointment-making
process. Paul Wesley, LSA + 3 other in-
dividuals.
1992-MN-533-D Appointment-making in
cooperative parishes. Claudia G. Harrelson,
WNC.
1993-MN-533-D Extending the length of ap-
pointments to charges and churches. William
E. Ballard, IWA + 4 organizations.
777-MN-633-D Joint Jurisdictional Com-
mittee on Ordained and Diaconal Ministry.
GBHM.
120-MN-732-D Conference Board of Or-
dained Ministry. IWA.
121-MN-732-D Conference Board of Or-
dfiined Ministry. SIN.
122-MN-732-D Conference Board of Or-
dained Ministry. WYO.
123-MN.732-P Conference Board of Or-
dained Ministry. LSA.
162-MN-732-D Conference Board of Or-
dained Ministry. NIN
173-MN-732-D Conference Board of Or-
dained Ministry. RIO.
404-MN-732-D Recruitment of Ordained
Clergy. GCRR.
405-MN-732-D Ethnic Minority and Lan-
guage Training. GCRR.
793-MN-732-D Lay Observers. GBOD.
794-MN-732-D Duties of Annual Con-
ference Board of Ordained Ministry. GBHM.
795-MN-732-D Duties of Annual Con-
ference Board of Ordained Ministry. GBHM.
796-MN-732-D Records and files of Con-
ference Board of Ordained Ministry. GBHM.
938-MN-732-D Lay Membership on the
Conference Board of Ordained Ministry. ORI.
1323-MN-732-D Nomination of Board of
Ordained Ministry. Jerry Eckert, WIS.
1371-MN-732-D Clergy Membership. IWA
Board of Ordained Ministry.
1555-MN-732-D Conference Board of Or-
dained Ministry Review. William A. Highfield,
WYO.
1734-MN-732-D Lay Observers. Pauline
Niks, Green Trails UMC, Chesterfield, Mis-
souri.
1780-MN-732-D Membership of Board of
Ordained Ministry. Leonard D. Slutz, Hyde
Park Community UMC, Cincinnati, Ohio.
2020-MN-732-D Recording change of mem-
bership status. Michael W. Walker, NTX.
2021-MN-732-D Duties of Conference
Board of Ordained Ministry. William E. Bal-
lard, IWA + 5 organizations and 2 local chur-
ches.
2176-MN-732-D Retain Par. 732.1. NAK
Board of Ordained Ministry.
2177-MN-732-D Board of Ordained Mini-
stry. W. R. Obaugh and Edward W. Paup,
RKM, + 4 other individuals.
2178.MN-732-D Duties of Board of Or-
dained Ministry. Kenneth S. Calhoun, TEX.
2253-MN-732-D Funds for Conference
Board of Ordained Ministry. Victor
Goldschmidt, St. Andrew UMC, West Lafayette,
Indiana.
2254-MN-732-D Responsibilities of Con-
ference Board of Ordained Ministry. Mort S.
Cox, First UMC, Hot Springs, Arkansas.
2255-MN-732-D Membership of Conference
Board of Ordained Ministry. National Associa-
tion, Annual Conference Lay Leaders.
406-MN-733-D Recruitment for Diaconal
Ministry. GCRR.
582-MN-733-D Conference Board of
Diaconal Ministry. GBGM.
797-MN-733-D Conference Board of
Diaconal Ministry. GBHM.
798-MN-733-D Duties of Conference Board
of Diaconal Ministry. GBHM.
1584-MN-733-D Recertification require-
ments. Board of Directors, Christian
Educators Fellowship, + VIR Board of
Diaconal Ministry.
2179-MN-733-D Responsibilities of Board
of Diaconal Ministry. KSE Cabinet, Boards of
Diaconal and Ordained Ministry.
124-MN-734-D Conference Committee on
Episcopacy. SIN.
125-MN-734-D Conference Committee on
Episcopacy. PNW.
172-MN-734-D Conference Committee on
Episcopacy. RIO.
1112-MN-734-D Conference Committee on
Episcopacy. GCOM.
1452-MN-734-D Conference Committee on
Episcopacy. Richard T. Commander, NCA.
2022-MN-734-D Conference Committee on
Episcopacy. Robert I. Phelps, YEL.
801-MN-749-D District Committee on Or-
dained Ministry. GBHM.
939-MN-749-D Lay Membership on District
Committee on Ordained Ministry. ORI
1785-MN-749-D Membership of District
Committee on Ordained Ministry. Leonard D.
Slutz, Hyde Park Community UMC, Cincinnati,
Ohio.
2027-MN-749-D Responsibilities of District
Committee on Ordained Ministry. William E.
Ballard, IWA + NC, NE, SE Jurisdiction,
Town and Country Asso. + Nat. UM Rural Fel-
lowship.
133-MN-751-D Committee on District Su-
perintendency. PNW.
802-MN-751-D Purpose of Committee on
District Superintendency. GBHM.
1538-MN-751-D Committee on District Su-
perintendency. /. Melville Wohrley, EOH.
1589-MN-1526-D Certification in youth
ministries. DSW Council on Youth Ministries.
2056-MN-1529-D Responsibilities of
Division of Ordained Ministry. Gregory D.
Stover, WOH
2194-MN-1529-D Responsibilities of
Division of Ordained Ministry. Administrative
Board, First UMC, Plymouth, Michigan.
483-MN-3000-R$ Disabled for Itineracy.
PNW.
484-MN-3000-R$ Council of Bishops Initia-
tives. CAP, nVA, NYK. PEN, RIO, WNC.
485-MN-3000-R$ Central Clearing Agency
for Clergy Transfers. NIL.
486-MN-3000-R$ In-Depth Study of
U.S./U.S.S.R. Relations. , PNW.
488-MN-3000-R Further studies of minis-
try or diaconate. Leonard D. Slutz, Hyde Park
Community UMC, Cincinnati, Ohio.
490-MN-3000-R Appointment Process.
Mary Ellen Corder, Reger Chapel UMC, Buck-
hannon. West Virginia.
491-MN-3000-R Accepted Name for Triune
God. NIN and William C. Mason, OKL.
492-MN-3000-R Standardized Salaries.
Odie Gregg, NAL.
493-MN-3000-R Administering the Sacra-
ment of Holy Communion. J. David Roberts,
Oakdale Emory UMC, Olney, Maryland.
632-MN-3000-R Status of self-avowed
homosexuals. Congregational meeting.
Parkview UMC, Miamisburg, Ohio.
662-MN-3000-R Terminology in the Book of
Discipline. GBOD, MEM, + National Asso. of
Annual Conference Lay Leaders.
948-MN-3000-R Retain position on
Homosexuality. SE Juris. BOMs, KEN
Cabinet, WNCBCS, + 94 local churches and 18
individuals.
1014-MN-3000-R Membership of clergy of
other denominations serving cooperative or
united churches. Council, St. John UM-Pres-
byterian (USA) Church, Columbia, Maryland.
1017-MN-3000-R The Church and Its Min-
istry. CSMN.
1019-MN-3000-R$ Recommendations from
the Commission for the Study of Ministry.
CSMN.
1030-MN-3000-R Ordination and appoint-
ment of homosexuals to ministry or positions
of leadership in UMC. Church Conference,
First UMC, Atlanta, Texas.
1067-MN-3000-R Eligibility for election and
ordination as elders. M. Thos. Swantner and
John C. Wilkey, CIL.
1084-MN-3000-R$ Alternative recommen-
dations in response to Report of the Commis-
sion for the Study of Ministry. Council of
Bishops.
1255-MN-3000-R Extending the Right of
Administering Communion. FIF.
1272-MN-3000-R Against ordination and
appointment of homosexuals and lesbians.
60
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
April 26, 1988
Calvin B. Johnson, VIR + 2 local churches and
1 individual.
1273-MN-3000-R Marriages of
Homosexuals and Lesbians. Calvin B. Johnson
andRufusE. O'Quinn. VIR.
1331-MN-3000-R Homosexuals in the
church. Administrative Boards, Asbury and
Haught Chapel UMC + members, Wesley UMC,
Fairview, West Virginia.
1394-MN-3000-R Homosexuality. Ad-
ministrative Board, Crawford, Carey, Ohio.
1395-MN-3000-R Against ordination of
practicing homosexuals. Administrative Coun-
cil, Trinity UMC, Alexandria, Louisiana.
1396-MN-3000-R Enforcement of Par.
402.2. Administrative Board, Trinity UMC,
Fort Dodge, Iowa.
1397-MN-3000-R Enforcement of Par.
402.2. Church Conference, Paradise Hills
UMC, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
1398-MN-3000-R Consultation Process.
Watford Reed, Lincoln Street UMC, Portland,
Oregon.
1400-MN-3000-R Take stronger stand on
homosexuality. William B. Thielking, SNJ +
3 local churches and 1 other individual.
1401-MN-3000-R Diaconal Ministers. Wat-
ford Reed, Lincoln Street UMC, Portland,
Oregon.
1508-MN-3000-R Against ordination of
homosexuals. Members, 10 local groups, in
Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, New Jersey,
New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Texas, West Vir-
ginia.
1532-MN-3000-R Uphold Par. 402.2. Ad-
ministrative Council, Gardnertown UMC, New-
burgh, New York.
1563-MN-3000-R Accept truth of Scripture.
AlbertaBrown, First UMC, Williamstown, West
Virginia.
1564-MN-3000-R Value seriously the feel-
ings of the people at the grass roots of the
Church. Administrative Board, Forrest Bur-
dette UMC, Hurricane, West Virginia.
1567-MN-3000-R Homosexuality. Ad-
ministrative Council, Harrison Chapel UMC,
Killen, Alabama
1712-MN-3000-R Recognize members of
Mission Society for United Methodists for ap-
pointments beyond local church. Robert D.
Snyder, EOH + UMW, St. Mark's UMC,
Raleigh, North Carolina and 2 local churches.
1713-MN-3000-R Clarify Julian Rush issue.
Sharon A. Hardman, WOH and Matthew W.
Hardman, Union Furnace UMC, Logan, Ohio.
1714-MN-3000-R Responsibilities of
bishops. Administrative Council, Pleasant
Ridge UMC, Middletown, Ohio.
1716-MN-3000-R Retain wording in Dis-
cipline regarding homosexuality and diversity
in ministry. AFL Pensacola District United
Methodist Women.
1720-MN-3000-R Against ordination or ap-
pointment of practicing homosexuals. Ad-
ministrative Board, Waterville UMC,
Waterville, Ohio.
1723-MN-3000-R Against homosexuals in
all phases of Christian ministry within the
UMC. Administrative Council, UMC, Pember-
ton. New Jersey.
1724-MN-3000-R Recognize Mission
Society for United Methodists for appoint-
ments beyond the local church. Arthur R. Kirk,
EOH + 2 local churches.
2509-MN-3000-R Administering the Lord's
Supper. Juhani Pielarinen, FIF + 2 other in-
dividuals.
2669-MN-3000-R Appointment-making.
Beverly Perkins, Grace UMC, Gallipolis, Ohio.
2571-MN-3000-R Orders of Deacon and
Elder. Kent Marrs, CTX.
2572-MN-3000-R Status of National Fel
lowship of Associate Members and Local Pas
tors of The United Methodist Church
Administrative Council, Rodney UMC, Rodney,
Ohio.
2573-MN-3000-R Status of Diaconal Mini
sters. National Association, Annual Con-
ference Lay Leaders.
2574-MN-30O0-R National appointment
system for Native American pastors. Native
American International Caucus.
2575-MN-3000-R Order of Deacon. Mem-
bers, Corinth UMC, Cunningham, Kentucky.
2576-MN-3000-R Baptism. Young Adult
Sunday School Class, Corinth UMC, Cunnin-
gham, Kentucky.
2577-MN-3000-R$ Development of a com-
prehensive approach to Native American min-
istries. Native American International Caucus.
2578-MN-3000-R Appointment-making.
James Albert Trickett, LSA.
2579-MN-3000-R$ National Consultation
on Pastoral Care for Native Americans. Native
American International Caucus.
2580-MN-3000-R$ National Convocation
on the Ordained Ministry for Native
Americans. Native American International
Caucus.
2581-MN-3000-R Homosexuality. Mem-
bers, Fourth Street UMC, Aurora, First UMCs,
LaGrange and McHenry, Illinois.
2582-MN-3000-R Committees for Goodwill
Industries of America, Inc. Howard C. Neefe,
ML Tabor UMC, North Canton, Ohio.
2583-MN-3000-R Second baptism. Mem-
bers, Massac UMC, Paducah, Kentucky.
2584-MN-3000-R Baptism. Juhani
Pietarinen, FIF + 2 other individuals.
2586-MN-3000-R Enforcement of Par.
402.2. Members, Parker UMC, Panama City,
Florida
2587-MN-3000-R Diaconal ministry terms.
Carol Iwerks, First UMC, Aberdeen, North
2588-MN-3000-R$ Enforcement of prohibi-
tion regarding homosexuality. James
Woodrum, Westbury UMC, Houston, Texas.
2590-MN-3000-R Homosexuality. Ad-
ministrative Board, Wesley Chapel UMC, Rus-
ton, Louisiana.
259 1-MN-3000-R Homosexuality. J. S. and
Margaret Edwards, First UMC, SUUon, Texas.
2592-MN-3000-R Homosexuality. Ad-
ministrative Board, Washington Avenue UMC,
Columbus, Ohio.
2593-MN-3000-R Homosexuality. Ad-
ministrative Council, Newtonsville UMC, New-
tonsville, Ohio.
2594-MN-3000-R Homosexuality. Ad
ministrative Boards, Grace UMC, Des Moines,
and First UMC, Raton, New Mexico.
2595-MN-3000-R Homosexuality. Dannie
B. Hooker, UMC, Leachville, Arkansas.
2596-MN-3000-R Homosexuality. Juhan
Pietarinen, FIF + 2 other individuals.
2597-MN-3000-R Homosexuality. Mem
bers, Corinth UMC, Cunningham, Kentucky.
2598-MN-3000-R Homosexuality, Chargt
Conference, Mount Oak UMC, Mitchellville,
Maryland.
2599-MN-3000-R Enforce present position
on homosexuality. Members, UMCs, Car-
dington and Waldo, Ohio.
2600-MN-3000-R Homosexuality. Mem
bers. Hickory Ridge-Tilton Charge, Hickory
Ridge, Arkansas.
2601-MN-3000-R HomosexuaUty. Mem-
bers, Marysville UMC, Marysville, Arkansas.
2602-MN-3000-R Homosexuality. Mem
bers. Beagle UMC, Osawatomie, Kansas.
2603-MN-3000-R Homosexuality. Ad
ministrative Board, Friendship UMC, Arkadel-
phia, Arkansas.
2604-MN-3000-R Homosexuality. Mem
bers, Gnadenhutten UMC, Gnadenhutten,
Ohio.
2605-MN-3000-R Homosexuality. Victor R
Trussell, Asbury UMC, Lubbock, Texas.
2606-MN-3000-R Homosexuality. Mem
bers, SL Paul UMC, Midland, Texas.
2607-MN-3000-R HomosexuaUty, Ad
ministrative Board, Salem UMC, Keedysville,
Maryland.
2608-MN-3000-R Homosexuality. Ad
ministrative Council, Randolph UMC, Ran
dolph, Kansas.
2609-MN-3000-R Homosexuality. Ad-
ministrative Board, Trinity UMC, Logan, Ohio.
2610-MN-30O0-R Homosexuality. Ad-
ministrative Council, Garrett UMC, Garrett, In
diaruL
2611-MN-3000-R Homosexuality. Mem
bers. Lake UMC, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
2612-MN-3000-R Homosexuality. Ad-
ministrative Board, First UMC, Houston,
Texas.
2613-MN-3000-R Homosexuality. Mem
bers, Burgoon UMC, Burgoon, Ohio.
2614-MN-3000-R Homosexuality. Mem
bers, Salem UMC, Salem, Kentucky.
2615-MN-3000-R Homosexuality. Maxine
Manering, Ashford UMC, Houston, Texas.
2616-MN-3000-R Homosexuality. Rondel
E. and Catherine R. Wilkinson, Steele Memorial
UMC, Barbourville, West Virginia
2617-MN-300O-R Homosexuality. Ad-
ministrative Board, Washington UMC, Stras-
burg, Illinois.
2618-MN-3000-R Homosexuality. Nancy J.
Smith, Waterville UMC, Waterville, Ohio.
2620-MN-30O0-R Homosexuality. Ad-
ministrative Board, Trinity UMC, Opelika,
Alabama
April 26, 1988
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
61
2621-MN-3000-R HomosexuaUty. Ad-
ministrative Council, Middleburg UMC, Mid-
dleburg, Ohio.
2622-MN-3000-R Homosexuality. Dennis
L. McOwen, York UMC, Medina, Ohio.
2623-MN-3000-R The Ordained Ministry.
NGA LaGrange District Ministers Meeting, +
14 local churches and 1 individual.
2624-MN-3000-R Homosexuality. Mem-
bers, Orangeburg UMC, Maysville, Kentucky.
2625-MN-3000-R Homosexuality. Mem-
bers, Hawley Memorial UMC, Pine Bluff,
Arkansas.
2626-MN-3000-R Homosexuality and the
Church. Joseph H. Garrett, First UMC, Tulsa,
Oklahoma.
2632-MN-3000-R Clergy spouses. DeeAnne
Henke, UMC, Trenton, Missouri.
2637-MN-3000-R$ Foundational Courses.
Alice M. Trost, Chnst UMC, Troy, New York.
2638-MN-3000-R Clergy spouses. DeeAnne
Henke, UMC, Trenton, Missouri.
265S-MN-3000-R Recruitment of Native
American Clergy. Native American Interna-
tional Caucus.
487-MN-3000-S$ Theological Perspective
in Dealing with A.I.D.S. PNW.
489-MN-3000-S$ Diaconal Ministry. MEM,
SIL.
949-MN-3000-S$ Study of Term Epis-
copacy. ORI and National UM Rural Fellow-
ship, NC Juris. + Vf OH Toledo Dist. Town and
Country Asso.
1547-MN-3000^$ Study of Par. 453.1. /.
Melville Wohrley, EOH.
1715-MN-3000-S$ Task Force on
Homosexuality and the Church. GailMcClain,
Covenant UMC, Rochester, New York.
1717-MN-3000-S$ Design system to im-
prove process for pastoral changes. H. B. Pas-
ley, Dunton UMC, Gaffney, South Carolina.
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THE GENERAL CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Vol. VII
St. Louis, Missouri, Wednesday, April 27, 1988
No. 2
Delegates Exhorted to Seek Identity and Unity
United Methodists should face the 2 1st
century with confidence, their chief pas-
tors declared Tuesday night as clergy and
laity, gathered from around the globe in
the Gateway City, opened the 1988
General Conference.
"If anything is clear at this moment of
history, it is that God has momentous
things in mind for the people called
United Methodists," Bishop Jack M.
Tuell of Los Angeles said in the tradition-
al "state of the church" Episcopal Ad-
dress. He called on the 996 delegates, and
the approximately 9.7 million people
they represent in the United States,
Africa, Europe and the Philippines, to
address themselves "to some basic ques-
tions of identity and direction" in the
days and years ahead. (See text of ad-
dress on page 78).
Agenda
Wednesday, April 27
9:00 a.m. Laity Address
9:30 a.m. UM Publishing House Gift
9:35 a.m. Old John Street UMC
Board of Trustees
9:40 a.m. Election Inter-jurisdiction-
al Committee on Episcopacy
9:45 a.m. Committee Plan of Or-
ganization & Rules of Order
10:15 a.m. Test Voting Equipment
10.20 a.m. Agenda for Thursday,
April 28
10:22 a.m. Adjournment to Legisla-
tive Sessions
12:30 p.m. Lunch
2:30-5:00 p.m. Legislative Commit-
tees
7:30 p.m. Legislative Committees
Bishop Tuell's address, given on behalf
of the church's Council of Bishops, was
a major feature of the first day of the
quadrennial session that will continue
through May 6 in the Cervantes Conven-
tion Center.
A liturgical procession of almost 100
bishops, a sermon by Bishop Earl G.
Hunt Jr. of Florida, and a celebration of
Holy Communion attended by an es-
timated 3,000 persons, opened the con-
ference. The procession of episcopal
leaders presented several firsts, for
United Methodism in the United States,
including the first black woman bishop,
the first Hispanic-American bishop, and
the fu-st Japanese-American bishop.
Seated before a brillant blue back-
ground with crimson and white accents,
the worshippers joined in a service draw-
ing extensively from the proposed new
hymnal and worship book that will come
before the delegates later in the session
for approval as the denomination's offi-
cial volume.
In his sermon. Bishop Hunt, outgoing
president of the Council of Bishops, said
that "we would do well to remember that,
in Wesleyan religion, social conscience
and courage must spring from a saving
awareness of God in Jesus Christ, other-
wise they are impermanent and
dangerous." The church, he continued
"dare not erect a constantly expanding
superstructure of social activism upon a
steadily diminishing foundation of
religious faith."
As the eucharistic liturgy continued,
the bishops distributed the cup and loaf
to 100 clergy from the St. Louis area who
then joined in serving the delegates and
visitors.
Bishop Forrest C. Stith, Syracuse,
N.Y., was liturgist for the service, and
Bishop Ernest T. Dixon, San Antonio,
Texas, incoming Council president, was
celebrant. Bishop Rueben P. Job, Des
Moines, Iowa, is coordinator of worship
for the 1988 General Conference.
Music was
provided by the
choir of St.
Mark's United
Methodist
Church in New
York City, the St.
Louis Brass En-
semble., and or-
ganist Charles
H. Webb, Dean
of the School of
Music at Indiana
University and a
member of the
Hymnal Revision Committee. The Rev.
Carlton R. Young is music director for
the conference.
Once the worship was concluded,
delegates began the first legislative ses-
sion and ran into what undoubtedly will
be one of many procedural snags. Tests
of a brand-new electronic voting system
turned up about 100 fewer votes being
recorded than the 964 delegates reported
as registered. Conference Business
Manager DeWayne Woodring promised
that the system would be rechecked and,
with good-natured chuckles, the
delegates reverted to the famUiar raising
of hands for the remainder of the after-
noon.
Another electronic innovation was
more successful. Two large screens
flanked the platform and carried close-
up television pictures of speakers and
other participants.
Monday night the delegates attended
the traditional reception for bishops that
was cast by the Missouri hosts as a
reenactment of the famed 1904 St. Louis
World's Fair, complete with jazz band,
carousel and calliope.
Wednesday, the conference will listen
to the Laity Address at 9 a.m. and then
begin what is expected to be a week's
worth of legislative committee meetings.
-Robert Lear
66
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
April 27, 1988
General Conference Opens!
Months of planning in St. Louis and elsewhere
culminated April 25 as final preparations were
made for several thousand visitors and
delegates to the 1988 General Confernce.
Photos on this page are but a small sampling
of the activity around the Cervantes Conven-
tion Center as displays, books, equipment and
supplies were unloaded. Scenes on the op-
posite page include arrival of delegates at St.
Louis' Lambert Field and at the convention
center. Monday evening attendees enjoyed
the traditional -Bishops' Reception which
employed a 1904 World's Fair theme. Fea-
tures included a mime troupe, an old-
fashioned pocorn wagon and host Bishop W.
T. Handy attired in turn-of-the-century garb.
(PHOTOS BY RALPH BAKER, LAYOUT BY JAMES
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DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
April 27, 1988
Participating in today's worship service will be the West Ohio United Methodist Ministers Choir. The choir, formed in 1948 to provide musical leader-
ship for the daily worship services of the Annual Conference sessions, consists of 57 pastors who serve throughout the Conference. The choir gives
several concerts each year in churches throughout Ohio. During the past ten years the choir has traveled to England and Western Europe twice as
well as the United States. Carol Ann Bradley, in her sixth year as director, is Diaconal Minister of Music at North Broadway United Methodist Church
in Columbus, Ohio.
Morning, afternoon worship services to begin today
Bishop James M. Ault and the Rev.
Zan W. Holmes, Jr. will be today's
General Conference preachers. Bishop
Ault will preach during the 8:30 a.m. ser-
vice in Cervantes Convention Center.
Dr. Holmes will preach at 2:30 p.m. at St.
Patrick's Catholic Church.
Episcopal leader of the Pittsburg Area
since 1980, Bishop Ault moved there
from the Philadelphia Area where he
was assigned after his election to the
episcopacy in 1972.
When elected, Bishop Ault was dean
and professor of pastoral theology at
Drew University School of Theology in
Madison, N.J. Before that he was a pas-
tor in New York, New Jersey and Mas-
sachusetts and on the faculty of Union
Theological Seminary in New York City.
Bishop Ault presided over the Council
ofBishops from April 1986 to April 1987.
In March, he completed four years as
president of the General Board of Global
Ministries. He is a member of the Central
Committee of the World Council of
Churches and the executive committee
of the World Methodist Council.
A native of Sayre, Pa., Bishop Ault
graduated from Colgate University and
Union Theological Seminary. He has
also studied in Scotland.
Bishop Ault and his wife, Dorothy, are
the parents of three grown children.
Dr. Holmes, chairperson of the North
Texas delegation to the General Con-
ference, will be the preacher for the first
of eight afternoon services. These will
be at 2:30 p.m. each day of General Con-
ference except Sunday, May 1, and
Friday, May 6.
Senior pastor of St. Luke Community
United Methodist Church in Dallas,
Texas, he has also been associate profes-
sor of preaching at Perkins School of
Theology at Southern Methodist Univer-
sity in Dallas since 1978.
Dr. Holmes began his pastoral career
at Hamilton Park UMC in Dallas. He has
been a district superintendent, served in
the Texas Legislature and been associate
director of the Perkins intern program.
He recently was a visiting professor at
Garrett Evangelical Theological Semi-
nary, Evanston, 111.
Author of several books and publica-
tions, he narrated the video portion of
the DISCIPLE Bible study.
Raised in Austin, Texas, Dr. Holmes
graduated from Houston-Tillotson Col-
lege in Austin and SMU. He received an
honorary doctor of divinity from Hous-
ton-Tillotson.
Liturgist for the afternoon service will
be U.S. Rep. Lee H. Hamilton (D.-Ind.).
A layspeaker and active member of First
UMC, Columbus, Ind., he worships at
Foundry Church when in Washington,
D.C.
Rep. Hamilton chaired the House
Select Committee investigating the Iran-
Contra arms transactions. He was
recognized for his fairness and concise
summary satements.
A graduate of DePauw University,
Rep. Hamilton was raised in a Methodist
parsonage. His brother is the Rev.
Richard Hamilton, prominent senior
pastor of North UMC in Indianapolis.
Announcements
The delegates' lounge will be open for
cookies and conversation, daily 8 a.m. - 8
p.m. Northwest corner of Hall A (ad-
jacent to Cokesbury). You are invited.
The Portland Area (Oregon-Idaho
Conference and Alaska) delegates, reser-
ves and guests will meet for dinner at 6:00
p.m. on Wednesday, May 4th at Walter's
Restaurant in the St. Louis Center.
Honored guest will be Bishop Calvin Mc-
Connell.
Saturday night, April 30, 8 p.m. at Cen-
tenary United Methodist Church,
Methodist Federation for Social Action is
sponsoring its 80th Anniversary Jubilee.
A reception will follow, and child care will
be available. Tickets are $15 and avail-
able from MFSA representatives or in our
Hospitality Suite at Days Inn, Room 610.
Alaska-Pacific University invites
delegates, friends, and staff of the
General Conference to their hospitality
suite at the Sheraton Hotel. The suite will
be open 4-8 p.m., Wednesday through
Friday.
April 27, 1988
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
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PLANNING FOR THE 1988 GENERAL CONFERENCE
When Methodism first arrived in Mis-
souri, the flag of Spain was waving over
the Government House in St. Louis.
A gentlemen by the name of John
Clark was the first Methodist to preach
in Missouri. The event took place in late
summer of 1798. John Wesley had been
dead only six years. The Methodist Epis-
copsd Church in America had been or-
ganized for just 14 years.
Clark preached from a tiny boat to a
small group of settlers who had gathered
near the mouth of a creek. He lived al-
most directly across the Mississippi, in a
small Illinois settlement where he was a
part-time teacher and preacher. With
John Clark's sermon, Methodism
reached into the farthest western edge of
the American frontier.
These many years later, as the church
looks to the frontiers of the future, it is
appropriate that the first General Con-
ference in our third century be held in
this Gateway City.
Establishing the Territory
WUliam McKendree, presiding elder of
the Cumberland District, visited Mis-
souri in the summer of 1807. His district
reached from Nashville, Tennessee, to
all of the settled portions of Missouri, a
major portion of Kentucky, all of Illinois,
western Indiana and Arkansas. Its enor-
mous size indicates how thinly and wide-
ly scattered were the settlements.
One day McKendree was asked if he
could travel over and through so large a
district. He replied that he could "if
Bishop Asbury would furnish him an im-
mortal horse."
Accompanied by a few others, Mc-
Kendree rode by horseback to the bank
of the Mississippi. Since there was no
way to get the horses across the river,
they lefl them in Illinois and took a
canoe or small boat across the river.
Finding no horses available on the Mis-
souri side, they set out for a camp meet-
ing some forty miles north, walking and
carrying their baggage.
It was at this camp meeting the first
service of Holy Communion was
celebrated by Methodists of Missouri.
Crusts of corn bread were used and the
wine was the juice of polk berries
sweetened with maple sugar.
These many years later, it is ap-
propriate that the 1988 session of the
General Conference of The United
Methodist Church will officially open
with Communion as did that camp meet-
ing in 1807. The service is slated for 1:30
p.m. Tuesday, April 26. Following that,
and for the next ten days until Friday
Ed. note: DeWayne Woodring gave the
following talk at a pre-General Con-
ference press briefing in St. Louis in
November 1987.
evening May 6, the business sessions will
be held.
Within this time-frame, the Book of
Discipline will be written, and you in the
audience will be taking part in one of the
largest and longest conclaves of any
religious or secidar organization.
One hundred eighty years ago when
John Clark preached from that boat, the
gathering of the faithful was planned on
almost a spur of the moment basis.
Preparations Today
Unlike that service, preparations for
the forthcoming General Conference
began years ago. The responsibOity for
the planning is vested in a body known
as the Commission on the General Con-
ference. It is composed of lay and clergy
representatives who are nominated by
the Council of Bishops and elected by the
General Conference, plus certain ex-of-
ficio members.
Six years ago, the commission an-
nounced that invitations were now being
received from annual conferences inter-
ested in hosting the 1988 event.
After receiving the invitations, a Site
Task Group visited the proposed cities.
In each one, the group met with conven-
tion bureau management, hoteliers, con-
vention center personnel and United
Methodists of the area.
The members studied the airline ser-
vice to the city, the freeway system, per-
sonally visited hotel rooms, walked the
streets, observed restaurants, assessed
safety, and spent extensive time in the
convention center studying it from stem
to stern.
During this study, the Site Task Group
asked a variety of questions. Can the
convention center adequately hold, in
one room, 1,000 delegates seated school-
room style, a stage 40 by 96 feet plus
5,000 visitors, reserve delegates and
staff? Are there sufficient rooms to hold
the legislative committees, subcommit-
tees, communications center, food ser-
vice, editorial and other offices?
The pioneer Methodists met wherever
they could: rough-hewn cabins, taverns,
court-houses, groves, under bush arbors
and even on ferries ~ almost any kind of
building or public gathering place suf-
ficed.
The 1988 General Conference will be
located in the modern Alfonso J. Cer-
vantes Convention and Exhibition
Center, which occupies two square
blocks in downtown St. Louis. Around
6,000 persons will be drawn to that
facOity each day of the eleven-day con-
ference.
In contrast to the last General Con-
ference, which had to be in two separate
buildings in Baltimore, all the plenary
sessions, legislative committees, sub-
committees and offices will be con-
veniently located under one roof.
Housing Then and Now
The participants in early camp meet-
ings slept in covered wagons, tents, lean-
tos of branches cut from nearby trees, or,
if fortunate, in windowless log shelters
with earthen floors.
The Task Group for this General Con-
ference had to look for nearly 1,900
rooms in modem hotels, hopefully lo-
cated near the convention center. And
the committee actually walked the dis-
tance to be sure that when the local folks
said 2 1/2 blocks, it was not 2 1/2 miles
they were talking about.
After rating each city on 12 different
concerns, ranging from the accessibility
and overall costs to the appropriateness
of the convention center and the
availability of hotel space, the Task
Group then made its recommendation to
the Commission on the General Con-
ference, which took the final vote on the
site more than five and one-half years
ahead of the conference.
The church founders had few if any
formalized agreements concerning the
meeting sites, whereas today the com-
mission must enter into contracts with
the convention center, each hotel, the
convention bureau, decorating firm,
sound, lighting and audio visual com-
panies and various equipment rental
agencies.
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DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
April 27, 1988
Early camp meetings required little in
the way of resources or equipment. The
attendees brought their own Bibles,
food, clothing and cooking equipment.
The delegates to General Conference
will be arriving not only with their lug-
gage, but will also be carrying the Ad-
vance Edition of the Daily Christian Ad-
vocate, which will weigh about four
pounds.
To serve the needs of the General Con-
ference, we are currently looking for 65
typewriters, 66 secretarial chairs, 780
tables, 60 office chairs, plus 5,780 other
chairs, five copying machines, 31
microphones, a very large sound system,
several computers and one swivel chair
for the presiding officer.
In addition, personnel are busily
rounding up calculators, staples, paper
clips, metal files, coat racks, wastepaper
baskets and 40 tons of paper for use
during the conference, plus two image
magnification projectors, each capable
of projecting an image 32' x 24'.
Arriving on the Scene
In the late 1700s and early 1800s, the
attendees at church meetings arrived
mainly by horseback. They rode 40 to 60
miles a day, staying in cabins, aban-
doned buildings, barns or under the
stars using saddlebags as pillows.
The concerns of the Methodist
pioneers attending a gathering were
whether or not the roads and trails
would be passable and the waters ford-
able. Today we worry about how many
seats there are on planes, buses and
trains servicing the host city in a 24-hour
period, and we seek to negotiate special
fares for the travelers.
The farthest distance traveled by
those early settlers to attend a meeting
could be measured in tens or hundreds
of miles. Nearly two hundred years later,
the farthest distance traveled by a
delegate to this General Conference will
be 10,204 air miles, which will be
traversed by jet plane in about a day.
Once in St. Louis, in addition to busi-
ness deliberations, the delegates, will
witness three special events. They are
the Episcopal Address, Tuesday evening
(April 26); the Address of the Laity, Wed-
nesday morning (April 27); and the host
area presentation, Sunday evening (May
1).
Local Plans
In addition to preparing the area
presentation, the Local Committee is
hard at work arranging for the general
hosting of the delegates and visitors.
These tasks range from providing
stewards for the Communion Service,
skilled nurses, secretarial personnel and
registration staff to the planning of
preaching assignments, a reception,
sightseeing tours and an information
area.
As with any major event, problems are
bound to arise during the last months of
preparation.
We discovered, for instance, that the
housing forms sent to the Minnesota
delegation were burned due to an acci-
dent of the postal truck carrying the
mailings. A hotel with a block of 200
rooms for our conference announced
last week that it is dosing to turn the
facility into an all-suite hotel. They
won't be open again until next Novem-
ber. Another hotel with 125 rooms
leased much of its space to the U.S.
government. And the portable bleachers
we were counting on in the convention
center were left out in the rain. They
rusted so badly the fire marshall has con-
demned them. Such are some of our
recent "challenges."
Turning a moment to costs, the expen-
ses of holding those early pioneer meet-
ings were negligible ~ a little more wood
for the fire in the winter and some addi-
tional candles for the evening hours.
The participants paid their own expen-
ses. The meetings had very little finan-
cial impact on the communities where
they were held.
The St. Louis Convention and Visitors
Commission tells us that the economic
impact of next spring's conference on
the St. Louis community will be
$9,245,520.
The budget for the 1988 General Con-
ference is $2.5 million. This covers the
cost of the transportation of the official
delegates, a per diem of $55 a day, the
rental of meeting facilities, equipment
and services and the printing of the
Daily Christian Advocate. However, the
total expended is much, much greater,
since many of those in attendance have
expenses paid out of other church funds.
Taking the budgeted amount of money
and applying it to just those hours when
the delegates will be together in worship,
plenary sessions or in legislative com-
mittees, the cost comes out to be at least
$30,086 an hour or $501.43 a minute.
What do we get out of this massive ex-
penditure of funds? Theyears of advance
planning, the time of 1,000 delegates,
plus the participation of thousands of
others in this quadrennial event.
We get the law, the policies, the goals
of our denomination. How worthwhile
they will be and how relevant to our age
is the responsibility of you the elected
delegates. And how well the goals and
programs are transmitted and inter-
preted within our denomination rests
heavily with you the communicators.
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71
Artist donates 4,000 hours
to complete backdrop
The hammering, sawing, sketching
and painting that began on a farm along
the Ohio River in 1986 is now a 25-foot
high, 800 pound centerpiece for the 1988
general conference.
"I'm just elated to be a part of this
thing," effervesces designer Jerry N.
Baum, an art instructor at the University
of Southern Indiana in Evansville. "This
is the most meaningful thing I've ever
been involved in."
That says a lot. Mr. Baum seems to
have made a career of volunteering his
talents in meaningful things, ranging
from watercolors in Africa sold for
United Methodist mission support to 15
years of designing the Christmas card
prints for the American Cancer Society
in Indiana.
While Mr. Baum is the designer, the
production supervisor for the General
Conference backdrop is a farmer who
has a reputation for being quiet, modest
and one of those people who is called on
to fix things around the Simpson United
Methodist Church in Evansville to which
both he and Baum belong.
His name is Michael J. Kolb and the
family farm is a large one, located not far
from where Indiana, Illinois and Ken-
tucky all come together and where there
are a couple of tiny towns called
Farmersville and Solitude.
The work (afler the initial design)
began at the farm and moved to the fel-
lowship hall of Simpson Church where
the whole community became involved.
Even a neighboring Catholic Church
offered space for the construction when
it appeared the pieces of the backdrop
were going to be too large for the
Simpson doors.
Total cost of the backdrop, which will
be used in other events by the Indiana
United Methodists after the General
Conference, is expected to be about
$750-900. With 4,000 volunteer hours in
its completion, artist Baum estimates it
could have cost six times that much.
He is most excited by the three-dimen-
sional aspect of the backdrop. The
denominational symbol is forward of the
global base by 16 inches, which under
the St. Louis Convention Center lights
will cast impressive shadows on the
world.
"Never in my life have I enjoyed some-
thing as much as this," says Baum. Per-
haps. But only days after General Con-
ference the water-color specialist who
has painted around the world will be off
to West Germany to paint live on stage
during a symphony concert, his work
being projected on a large screen for the
audience.
-Robert L. Friedly
UMPH Bicentennial Diorama
Jim Steele
A Bible, a circuit rider, and a printing
press are the focal points of a diorama
focusing on the contribution of The
United Methodist Publishing House in
advancing the cause of Christianity
through its publishing. This session of
General Conference begins a year-long
celebration of the publishing house's
200th anniversary.
Stop by and view the bicentennial
video presentation, across from the dis-
play, which shares the publishing
house's continued commitment to the
church through the printed word,
videotapes, and satellite programming.
Robert K. Feaster, President and
Publisher of The United Methodist
Publishing House, and Jean Sanborn,
his administrative assistant, admire the
diorama celebrating two hundred years
of publishing.
72
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
April 27, 1988
Looking for a quick lunch
or breakfast near Cervantes Convention Center?
It's lunch time and the agenda calls for
you to be back in place shortly. The ques-
tion: "Where do we grab a quick
sandwich and drink?"
Some may choose to patronize Con-
vention Center refreshment bars and
wait 'til evening for "the real meal."
Others will want to stretch the legs and
breathe the outside air, polluted or not.
But as an alternative to the limited
fare of the "in-house" stands and the
more expensive hotel food, most all
Gateway City observers have two sugges-
tions within easy walking distance of the
Center: (1) The remodeled Union
Market and (2) the St. Louis Centre.
The closest food-serving facOities are
located immediately to the east of the
front entrance to the Convention
Center. One-and-a-half blocks to the left
is a Burger King (located in the Bus
Depot). Across Convention Plaza (a
street) at Sixth Street is the aforemen-
tioned Union Market. On the ground
level, arranged around the outside walls,
Read on!
are a series of short-order eating shops;
in the center are tables and chairs.
These include a Grecian food place, a
pizza shop, the China Town Express, an
ice cream stand, a bakery, and a branch
shop for St. Louis' most famous chili
house~O.T. Hodge. On the balcony is a
cafe where patrons are served at tables.
The fare includes some specialties and
sandwiches, plus a variety of "non-
Methodist" drinks.
However, the "crown jewel" of
downtown St. Louis since August 1985 is
the St. Louis Centre on Sixth Street, only
two blocks from the Convention Center.
(The St. Louis Centre is "anchored" at
each end of two of the city's prominent
department stores, Farmous-Barr and
DUlard's.)
On the fourth level are 20 short-order
food shops of almost every conceivable
type, surrounding a common seating
area; hundreds may eat at any one time.
In addition, there are other fast-food ser-
vice areas on other levels of the Centre,
all available by escalators or an elevator
for use by persons with handicapping
conditions. (More exclusive dining
rooms are on the first level.)
Across from the St. Louis Centre, in
the first floor area of the Ambassador
Building, is a breakfast-lunch cafe which
has served St. Louis people since 1812 (it
must be an O.K place).
Depending how far one wants to
wander for lunch, there are many other
eatingplaces to the south and west of the
Convention Center. There are no public
eating places to the immediate north of
the Center.
Those who enjoy cafeteria fare may
wish to sample Miss Hullings, 11th and
Locust, a St. Louis tradition since the
mid-1930s. Medium-priced fare, it is ap-
proximately a four or five-block walk
from the Convention Center. Miss Hull-
ings is also open for evening meals until
8 p.m.
-Charles McEowen/James Steele
Video and Audiotapes 'Catch the Spirit' of General
Conference
If you are wondering how you will be
able to capture the flavor of General
Conference for your friends and
parishioners back home, set your mind
at ease. A variety of video and
audiotapes are being produced to make
your work easy.
United Methodist Communications in
cooperation with the United Methodist
Publishing House is producing a 30-
minute summary for "Catch the Spirit,"
the weekly cable television show.
UMCom earlier produced a 30-minute
pre-conference briefing for "Catch the
Spirit." The videos set the mood and give
quick overviews. That gives you time to
fill in some of the details and lead a dis-
cussion on the actions of the 1988 legis-
lative assembly.
Perhaps, you want a longer, more
detailed summary of the event. That also
will be available. Good News Television
(GNTV), based in Macon, Ga., and the
publishing house are co-producing a 45-
to 60-minute summary. The 1988 as-
sembly is the second such event that has
been featured on videotape. The first
videos were produced for the General
Conference celebrating the Bicentennial
of Methodism.
For the fourth time, audiotapes of a
General Conference session are being
produced. GNTV and the Newscope Lec-
ture Series, a product of the publishing
house, are joining forces to create two
audiotapes of the session. As in previous
events, the Lay and Episcopal addresses
will be available on audiotape. Also, a 90-
minute post-conference summary will be
produced. Earlier, GNTV and the lecture
series, which offers monthly audiotapes
of seminary and pastors' schools to sub-
scribers, co-produced a 90-minute pre-
conference briefing. The three tapes are
automatically sent to subscribers to the
Newscope Lecture Series as part of the
annual package. They can also be or-
dered on an individual basis or as a three-
tape package.
Whether you use the video or audio
resources to present General Conference
to your church friends, you will find a 10-
minute slide/audiotape package helpful
in setting the stage for your presenta-
tion. The audiovisual helps listeners to
see the way the conference operates.
Bette Prestwood, editor of Newscope
and director of the Newscope Lecture
Series, has coordinated the development
of the resources. UMCom executives
Nelson Price and Bruno Caliandro
produced the "Catch the Spirit"
videotapes. GNTV head Don Wood and
Prestwood developed the audiotapes,
slide/tape package, and the longer video
summary. UMPH audio technician
George Dunn edited the on-site
audiotapes.
Both video and audio resources can be
ordered at the General Church Periodi-
cals sales booth, just outside the United
Methodist Publishing House exhibit.
They will be mailed as soon as possible
after the close of the conference.
CORRECTION
A DCA subscription is $34.50
(not $30) when picked up daily at
the booth and $46 (not $40) when
mailed to a church or home ad-
dress. Single copies of the DCA are
$3 (not $2).
April 27, 1988
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
73
Eating out in St. Louis
Fine dining abounds in downtown and beyond
Consistent with pride in their multi-
ethnic neighborhoods, St. Louisans
boast a great number of fine restaurants
which reflect their heritage.
Many believe an extended visit to the
Gateway City isn't complete without
sampling excellent food on "The Hill," lo-
cale for many outstanding Italian res-
taurants; or Westport Plaza with its
great variety of cuisine; or world-class
Tony's downtown; or eating places as-
sociated with sports heroes such as
Shannon's or Dierdorf and Hart; or great
restaurants along Watson Road on the
way out to Crestwood; or South County
spots; or KemoU's, an internationally-
known Italian restaurant just off Inter-
state 70; or even across the mighty Mis-
sissippi to sample some of the good cook-
ing in western Illinois.
The Hill, incidently, is bounded rough-
ly by Hampton Avenue on the west.
Kings highway on the east, 1-44 to the
north, and Southwest Avenue. A number
of the restaurants are relatively expen-
Lots to Choose from
Whether you stay close to downtown
or roam by car or taxi to far reaches of
the metropolitan area, there's no lack of
great dining in this historic river city. In
fact Bon Appetit cited St. Louis in 1985
for its wealth of fine eating places.
Tony's, at 826 N. Broadway, is one of
only 12 restaurants in the nation given
Mobil's five-star rating. It's a standout
Italian restaurant in the city (although
not in "The Hill"). Anthony's, also
downtown at 10 Broadway, is a four-star
continental restaurant serving such
dishes as veal francoise and rack of lamb.
In either case, it won't be cheap.
Nearby restaurants
Within a short walk or cab ride from
the Cervantes Convention Center are
three "clusters" of good restaurants
catering to a variety of tastes and pock-
etbooks. They are:
St. Louis Centre -Opened in 1985, it
is a $176.5 million shopping and dining
aggregation with 1.5 million square feet
of space. On Sixth Street just two blocks
from the Convention Center, it anchors
the city's two leading department stores,
Farmous-Barr and Dillard's. Many term
it "the crown jewel" of downtown St.
Louis.
Laclede's Landing - Head east from
the Convention Center toward the Mis-
sissippi. This 19th century rivertown set-
ting (complete with cast iron street
lamps and cobblestone streets) is located
on the levee just north of historic Eads
Bridge. It's the site where Pierre Laclede
first stepped onto the banks of the Mis-
sissippi to found St. Louis in 1764. A
dozen years ago, it was an area of aban-
doned, decaying warehouses, but now ~
a lively collection of restaurants, night
spots and offices. Among eating places
are the Old Spagetti Factory and Han-
nigans.
Union Station - at 18th and Market,
it is approximately 19 blocks from the
convention center - an invigorating walk
for those up to it, otherwise a short cab
ride. A beautiful Romanesque-style
train terminal built in 1894 and once the
busiest in the nation, it saw the last train
leave in 1979. Six years later, the
renovated complex opened again hous-
ing an array of restaurants, boutiques
and unique shops. A variety of eating
places are within Union Station includ-
ing the German Biergarten (on the shore
of a human-made lake) and Dierdorf and
Hart, well-known for steak.
Some restaurants are permanently
moored at the Mississippi River's edge
near the Gateway Arch. Best known of
these is the Lt. Robert E. Lee, noted for
seafood and steak. (It's not a misprint;
the famous Confederate general was a
lieutenant during his earlier days with
the U. S. Army Engineers at St. Louis.)
Those wishing an inexpensive meal on
the water's edge can patronize a
McDonald's, a Burger King and others.
Hotel Restaurants
Several of St. Louis' hotels also offer
excellent restaurants. The Omni Inter-
national Hotel, located in Union Station,
features the American Rotisserie, named
for its $750,000 rotisserie. The Top of the
Riverfront, perched high atop the
Clarion St. Louis Hotel, offers excellent
food and an unmatched view of the city
as the entire dining area rotates once an
hour. Faust's, at the Adams's Mark
Hotel, has revived the tradition of fine
dining reestablished by the renowned
19th century restaurant, Tony Faust's.
M&B's Bar and Grill, located in Hotel
Majestic, is a successor to Stan Musial
and Biggies, a popular St. Louis res-
taurant owned in part by baseball Car-
dinal Stan "The Man" Musial. The Breck-
enridge Inn-Frontenac's restaurant. The
Provinces, serves both French and
American cuisine in a French provincial
atmosphere. Posh's at the Park, at the
Park Terrace Hilton across from the air-
port, has continential and French
nouvelle cuisine.
Listed below are a few other selected
restaurants in the "fine dining" category.
Obviously what has been covered in this
brief account is only a sampling; check
entertainment guides, Yellow Pages,
hotel listings, newspapers, etc. for a
more comprehensive look at eating out
in the Gateway City.
Al Baker's, 8101 Clayton Road., 863-
Catfish & Crystal, 409 N. 11th St., 231-
7703
Cheshire Inn, 6301 Clayton Rd., 647-
7300
Dominic's, 5101 Wilson Ave., 77 1- 1632
Giovanni's on the Hill, 5201 Shaw,
772-5958
Henry VIII, 4690 N. Lindbergh Blvd.,
Bridgeton, 731-4888
KemoU's Restaurant, 4201 N. Grand
Ave., 534-2705
Richard Perry, 3265 S. Jefferson Ave.,
771-4100
Tenderloin Room, in the Chase Park
Plaza, 361-2500
Wade's A Gathering Place, 611 N.
Lindbergh Blvd. 997-5151
-James Steele/Charles McEowen
''' f^ night perfor-
mance may be picked up at the Sheraton
Hotel. Suggested donation $5 per per-
son. Delegates have been issued tickets
in their packets.
Assembly Organ Has
Pipe/Organ Sound
The organ specially installed for this
event is a Rodgers Oxford 925. This in-
strument uses advanced microprocessor
controls in a large specification of tradi-
tional pipe organ design. It has complete
voicing and scaling capabilities that allow
adaptation to any acoustical environ-
ment. As on all Rodgers classical instru-
ments, real wind-blown pipes are option-
al on the Oxford 925. This magnificent
instrument creates both traditional pipe
organ sound and visual impressiveness
when restricted budgets preclude large,
full pipe instruments.
Rodgers Organ Company in Hillsboro,
Oregon provided this organ to General
Conference at a reduced fee.
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DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
April 27, 1988
Further Updating
Handbook For Delegates
(Section A, Advance Edition)
Seating Assignment Corrections
North Mississippi (A-8)
Section A, Row 10, Seats 5-12
Switzerland/France (A-9 and A-61)
Section C, Row 19, Seats 1-2
Standing Administrative Conmiittees
(A-13)
Committee on Calendar
Remove: Glenda C. Thomas
Add: Donna LaPoint
Committee on Reference
Remove: Ray Wagner
Add: James Anderson
G. Jackson Miller
Committee on Credentials
Add: LeonVetta
Tellers (A-14-15)
Group I - Section A
Remove Ruth Harlow and move Ressie Mae Bass from reserve
to regular teller
Standing Legislative Committees
Church and Society (A- 17)
Remove: Messer, Donald E. Rocky Mountain
Add: Geis, Sally B, Rocky Mountain
Morales, Secundino M. Panama
Osorio, Juan. Chile
Vivas, Nolberto Ecuador
Conferences (A- 18)
Remove: Phoenix, Sybil., Great Britain
Add: Bullock, Clifton V. West Michigan
Discipleship (A- 18)
Add: Diaz, Roberto C, Costa Rica
Hutauruk, Laurentius, Indonesia
Li, Ping-Kwong, Hong Kong
Sarabia, Ivan Patricio, Ecuador
Faith and Mission (A- 19)
Add: Aco, Isac Alberto Rodrigues , Brazil
Herrera, Elias Hernande,z Mexico
Pagura, Federico J. ,Argentina
Financial Administration (A-20)
Add: Garcia, Magaly. Cuba
Rios, Roberto, Bueno Mexico
General Administration (A-21)
Remove: Anderson, Rodney Rocky Mountain
Global Ministries (A-22)
Add: Lin, David Huo-fu Hong Kong
Osorio, Miguel A., Cuba
Poma, Eugenia, Bolivia
Vargas, R. Kenneth, Costa Rica
Higher Education and Chaplaincy (A-
23)
Remove: Geis, Sally B., Rocky Mountain
Add: Anderson, Rodney, Rocky Mountain
de Souza Maia, Adriel, Brazil
Fajardo, Juan, Panama
Tambunan, R. P. M., Indonesia
Independent Commissions/ Judicial Ad-
minstration (A-24)
Remove: Bullock, Clifton V., West Michigan
Add: Bleyle,DeannaM., Rocky Mountain
Braga, Lucia Leiga Oliveira, Brazil
Flores, Francisco, Bolivia
Phoenix, Sybil, Great Britain
Shwe, U. Saw Burma
Local Church (A-24)
Add: Gallardo, David Chile
Myat, U Tun Burma
Ordained and Diaconal Ministy (A-25)
Remove: Bleyle, Deanna M. Rocky Mountain
Add: Messer, Donald E^ Rocky Mountain
Voting and Reserve Delegates
Northeast Zaire Annual Conference (A-
51)
Change name from Menatu Wayna Onema to MeNato Tete
Wanya
Non-Voting Delegates
Iglesia Evangelica Metodista de Costa
Rica (DCA first edition)
Remove: Morales, Fernando
Add: Diaz, Roberto C. (3); bishop; Apartado 5481, San Jose,
Costa Rica
Evangelical Methodist Church in
Bolivia (2)
Sec. A Row 22, Seats 2-3
Poma, Eugenio (7); bishop; Casilla 356, La Paz, Bolivia
Flores, Francisco (9); lay pastor; Casilla 356, La Paz Bolivia
The Methodist Church in Brazil (3)
Sec. A Row 22 Seats 4-6
Aco, Isac Alberto Rodrigues (4); bishop; Caixa Postal 1219,
90.000 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
de Souza Maia, Adriel (8); bishop; Caixa Postal 1466, 30.000
Bela Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Braga, Lucia Leiga Oliveira (9); teacher; Caixa Postal 1466,
30.000 Bela Horizonte, MG, BrasU
April 27, 1988
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
75
Methodist Church of Chile (2)
Sec. A Row 22, Seats 7-8
Osario, Juan (1); pastor; Casilla 2341, Concepcion, Chile
Gallardo, David (10); teacher; Casilla 2341, Concepcion, Chile
The United Evangelical Church of
Ecuador
Sec. D. Row 22, Seats 1-2
Vivas, Nolberto (1); pastor; Casilla 236-A, Quito, Ecuador
Sarabia, Ivan Patricio (3); president. The United Evangelical
Church of Ecuador; Casilla 236-A, Quito, Ecuador
The Evangelical Methodist Church in
Panama (2)
Sec. D, Row 22. Seats 3-4
Morales, Secundino M. (1); bishop; Apartado 7453, Panama 5,
Panama
Fajardo, Juan (8); president, Pan-American Institute; Apar-
tado 7453, Panama 5,
Panama
Officers of Standing Administrative Committees
Committee on Agenda
Chair John E. Bevan
Vice-chair James M. Lawson, Jr. .
Secretary Dorothy Luckert
Committee on Calendar
Chair Donna La Point
Vice-chair Nancy Fowlkes
Secretary Jane Schairer
Committee on Correlation
and Editorial Revision
Chair Earl W. Riddle
Vice-chair Bruce E. Krause
Secretary Naomi G. Bartle
Committee Courtesies
and Privileges
Chair S. Clifton Ives
Vice-chair Phyllis S. Ferguson
Secretary Jeff Bross
Committee on Credentials
Chair Tal Oden
Vice-chair James S. Gadsden
Secretary Judy Brummet
Committee on Journal
Chair Jamima P. Demarcus
Vice-chair Patricia Bigler
Secretary Edward W. Paup.
Committee on Presiding Officers
Chair James M. Walker
Vice-chair Richard W. Cain
Secretary Sue Davidson
Committee on Reference
Chair Ernest Lyght
Vice-chair Mary A/in Swenson
Secretary Fritz Mutti
Legislative Committee
Coordinators
1) Church and Society - B.F. Carroll
2) Conferences -A. Fritz Mutti
3) Discipleship - G. Jackson Miller
4) Faith & Mission - E. Robert Dicker-
son III
5) Financial Administration - Joel E.
Huffman
6) General Administration - James
Anderson
7) Global Ministries - Mary Ann Swen-
son
8) Higher Education and Chaplaincy -
John L. Francis
9) Independent Commissions & Judi-
cial Administration - Thomas Queen
10) Local Church - C. Wilbourne Han-
cock.
11) Ordained & Diaconal Ministry -
Clelia D. Hendrix
12) Central Conference Affairs - Wil-
liam Hemphill
Officers of Legislative Conunittees
Commission on Central
Conference Affairs
Emerito P. Nacpil, chair
Arthur F. Kulah, vice-chair
Edwin C. Boulton, secretary
Conferences
Harry Kent, chair
Dollie Watkins Crist, vice-chair
Becky Thompson, secretary
Church and Society
Richard S. Parker, chair
Pat Callbeck Harper, vice-chair
Helen G. Taylor, secretary
Discipleship
Rex C. Bevins, chair
MoUie M. Stewart, vice-chair
Sharon Neufer Emswiler, secretary
Financial Administration
David Dolsen, chair
Ewing Werlein, vice-chair
Beverly Beriy, secretary
Faith and Mission
Thomas A. Langford, chair
Barbara Blackstone, vice-chair
R. Sheldon Duecker, secretary
General Administration
Walter Kimbrough, chair
Jean Dowell, vice-chair
Twick Morrison, secretary
Global Ministries
Sharon Brown-Christopher, chair
Gordon Goodgame, vice-chair
Thalia Matherson, secretary
Higher Education and
Chaplaincy
Nancy Carruth, chair
Joan Hoover, vice-chair
Thelma Johnson, secretary
Independent Commissions/
Judicial Administration
Carolyn Johnson, chair
Donald A Ott, vice-chair
Faith J. Conklin, secretary
Local Church
Carolyn Marshall, chair
C.L. Henderson, vice-chair
dflnice Hvie, secretary
Ordained and Diaconal
Ministry
Dan E. Solomon, chair
Rosa Washington, vice-chair
June D. McCullough, secretary
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DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
April 27, 1988
Judicial Council Decisions
MEMORANDUM 586
IN RE: Request for a re-hearing
on Memorandum 586.
The request is denied.
AprU 25, 1986
Tom Matheny, President
Hoover Rupert, Secretary
MEMORANDUM NO. 590
IN RE: Delegation of Power to
the Conference Council on Finance
and Administration or Any Other
Conference Agency to Act For the
Annual Conference.
A written request was made of Bishop
James S. Thomas for a decision as to
whether the Annual Conference has the
authority to delegate to the Conference
Council on Finance and Administration
or any other annual conference agency
the right to distribute remittances for
the administrative budget either in
amounts or percentages difTerent from
that established by the Annual Con-
ference.
In making his ruling, the bishop
referred to the general principle that
"boards and agencies are always
amenable to the Annual Conference and
are not free to assume any delegation of
powers that is not specifically stated."
Citing para. 703 and 710.1 (1984 Dis-
cipline), he ruled: "The specific answer
given to the question stated above is:
No."
The ruling is before the Judicial Coun-
cil for review as provided in para. 2612
of the 1984 Z)jscip/me.
The Judicial Council has consistently
held that the Annual Conference may
not delegate any authority given it by the
Discipline. See Decision No. 584.
The ruling of the Bishop is affirmed.
AprU 25, 1988
Tom Matheny, President
Hoover Rupert, Secretary
MEMORANDUM NO. 591
IN RE: Review of a Ruling by
Bishop James S. Thomas in the
East Ohio Conference Concerning
the Adoption by an Annual Con-
ference of a unified "Administra-
tive Budget" Which Prioritizes Ap-
portionments for Ministerial Sup-
port.
At the 1987 East Ohio Annual Con-
ference, Bishop James S. Thomas was
asked to rule on the following question:
May an Annual Conference, when
adopting a unified "administrative
budget" with single figure apportion-
ment which includes apportionments
for ministerial support items, namely,
apportionments for bishops, district su-
perintendents, conference claimants
(pensions and benefits) and the Equi-
table Salary Fund establish a priority
claim for such items of ministerial sup-
port and direct that the remittances
from a local church treasurer shall be
credited fully to ministerial support
items for the local church shall have
been met?
Relying on the provisions of para.
710.1 and para. 715.2 of the 1984 Dis-
cipline, the Bishop ruled that such action
would violate the Discipline.
Pars. 710, 711, and 715 require that
the amounts contributed in each local
church for each of the budgeted funds be
remitted to the Conference and applied
by the Conference to such fund. These
provisions are mandatory. The ruling of
Bishop Thomas is affirmed.
AprU 25, 1988
Tom Matheny, President
Hoover Rupert, Secretary
DECISION NO 592
IN RE: A Request From the North
Carolina Annual Conference for a
Decision on the Legality of its Ac-
tion Requiring General and Juris-
dictional Conference Delegates to
Submit a Record of Their Voting.
Digest
An Annual Conference may not legis-
late a requirement that delegates to
General and Jurisdictional Conferences
submit a record of their voting in the
General and Jurisdictional Conference
to be distributed to pastors and churches
in the Annual Conference. There is no
authority for the action of the North
Carolina Conference and it is declared
null and void.
Statement of Facts
In June 1987, the North Carolina An-
nual Conference approved the following
motion:
that the delegates to General and
Jurisdictional Conferences be required
to submit a record of theirvotingon mat-
ters of ordination and other critical mat-
ters affecting the life of The United
Methodist Church and that this record
be distributed to pastors and churches
through the first coordinated mailing
following each of these conferences.
Following this action the conference
approved a motion appealing to the Judi-
cial Council for a ruling on the "legality
of the action."
Jurisdiction
The Judicial Council has jurisdiction
under para. 2615 of the 1984 Discipline.
Analysis
The question here raised is whether an
Annual Conference is empowered to re-
quire from delegates to General Con-
ference and Jurisdictional Conference a
written record of their individual votes
in the course of the sessions of the
General Conference and Jurisdictional
Conference.
The Judicial Council dealt with a case
similar in nature in Decision 109.
A resolution was adopted in 1954 by a
local church as to its members of the An-
nual Conference instructing them to
vote against "...any motions. Report, a
Resolution that might be presented to
the Annual Conference favoring any
relaxation of the practice of racial
segregation."
The legality of that action taken in
1954 was brought before the Presiding
Bishop at the request of the Central
Texas Conference. (See Decision 109.
The Bishop ruled:
In conformity with the generally ac-
cepted principle that delegated members
of a Church Council shall be free to make
decisions in the light of facts and discus-
sions concerning issues that are con-
sidered by such body, the Discipline of
The Methodist Church does not
authorize an Official Board or a Quarter-
ly Conference to order and instruct its
Lay Member, or Reserve Lay Members of
the Annual Conference to vote in any
specified manner on matters coming
before the Annual Conference.
The Judicial Council affirmed that
decision. The same principles apply to
the question now before us.
In The United Methodist Church
delegates to General and Jurisdictional
Conferences are historically and tradi-
tionally elected without instruction.
All requirements for qualifications,
elections and service that are contained
in the Discipline are powers reserved to
the General Conference. We find no lan-
guage in the Constitution or Discipline,
nor has any been called to our attention
giving authority to the Annual Con-
ference to require that delegates report
their votes; and they need not do so.
Delegates to General Conference, just
as members of an Annual Conference,
are boimd to do as their conscience dic-
tates what is good for the Church of
Jesus Christ, The United Methodist
Church in particular, and that only.
Decision
An Annual Conference may not legis-
late a requirement that delegates to
General and Jurisdictional Conferences
submit a record of their voting in the
General and Jurisdictional Conference
AprU 27, 1988
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
77
to be distributed to pastors and churches
in the Annual Conference. There is no
authority for the action of the North
Carolina Conference and it is declared
null and void.
AprU 25, 1988
Tom Matheny, President
Hoover Rupert, Secretary
DECISION NO. 593
IN RE: Precedence of para. 810.3
or para. 1702 as it Relates to
Eligibility for Consecutive Quad-
rennial Membership on General
Agencies.
Digest
Para. 810.3 does not conflict with para.
1702 (General Board of Publication) in
regard to the election of its members
which occurred prior to the close of the
1984 General Conference but para 8 10.3
applies to election that occur subsequent
to the effective date of the legislation.
Statement of Facts
Two members were elected to the
General Board of Publication until 1992
under para. 1802 or the 1980 Discipline,
now numbered 1702.
In 1984, General Conference enacted
an amendment to para. 810.3 declaring
ineligible for election to a general agen-
cy in the succeeding quadrennium any
person who has served as a voting mem-
ber of general agencies for four consecu-
tive quadrennia, effective at the close of
the 1984 General Conference.
The two board members whose tenure
is in question were declared ineligible to
serve beyond 1988 by the Secretary of
the Council of Bishops and the Secretary
of the General Conference.
The General Board of Publication at
its October 1987 meeting voted to ask
the Judicial Council for a declaratory
decision in regard to the tenure of the
two members in question.
Jurisdiction
The Judicial Council has jurisdiction
under para. 2615 of the 1984 Discipline.
Analysis
The 1984 General Conference enacted
para. 810.3 which prohibit election of a
voting member to a general agency who
has already served four consecutive
quadrennium. Members of the epis-
copacy are exempted. That legislation
did not abrogate any elections that oc-
curred prior to its effective date, the
close of the 1984 General Conference.
The 1980 General Conference enacted
what is now para. 1702 which provided
that membership on the General Board
of Publication shall be for classes of one
to three quadrennium. In effect, this
meant that General Board of Publica-
tion members could serve for three con-
secutive quadrennium as opposed to two
consecutive quadrennium for all other
general agencies.
Para. 810.3 does not conflict with para.
1702 because there is no express lan-
guage that prevents service on a general
jigency for more than four consecutive
quadrennium but the prohibition con-
tained in the legislation addresses future
elections. The two board members in
question were elected prior to the effec-
tive date of the legislation which
restricts tenure. The language is neither
vague nor ambiguous and there is noth-
ing contained therein from which we can
infer an intent to invalidate or nullify
past elections. The express intent con-
tained in the legislation prohibits elec-
tions in subsequent quadrennia and does
not invalidate or curtail a term of valid
election that was held in a previous
quadrennium.
Decision
Para. 810.3 which limits tenure on
general agencies to four consecutive
quadrennium does not conflict with
para. 1702 (General Board of Publica-
tion) insofar as it relates to the service of
members who were elected to that agen-
cy prior to the close of the 1984 General
Conference but para. 810.3 is applicable
to elections that occur subsequent to
that date.
April 25, 1988
Tom Matheny, President
Hoover Rupert, Secretary
Petitions Re-referred by the Committee on Reference
Old Petition Number
226-CO-3000-R
238-FA-3000-R
279-FA-3000-M
281-FA-3000-R$
341-GA-3000-R$
342-GA-3000-R
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344-GA-3000-R
349-LC-3000-R
946-GA-3000-R
952-MN-425-D
1109-MN-528-D
1193-CO-3000-R
1201-GA-3000-R
1241-FA-3000-R
1248-FA-3000-R
1254-GA-3000-R
1327-GA-3000-R
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226-CS-3000-R
238-CS-3000-R
279-IJ-3000-M
281-GM-3000-R$
341-CS-3000-S$
342-DI-3000-R
343-DI-3000-R
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349-GA-3000-R
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952-FA-425-D
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1340-GA-3000-R
1347-FA-3000-R
1406-IC-247-D
1506-GA-3000-R
1524-CO-3000-R
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1340-CS-3000-R
1347-DI-3000-R
1406-LC-267-D
1506-IJ-3000-R
1524-FM-3000-R
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2425-GM-3000-S$
2445-DI-3000-R
2582-CS-3000-R
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DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
April 27, 1988
THE EPISCOPAL ADDRESS
1988 General Conference
To the United Methodist General Con-
ference; to the members and friends of
The United Methodist Church around
the world: Grace to you and peace from
God our Father and the Lord Jesus
Christ.
"God has delivered us from the power
of evil and transferred us to the
dominion of God's beloved Son, in whom
we have redemption, the forgiveness of
sins, who is the image of the invisible
God, the first-born of all creation. For in
Christ all things were created, in heaven
and on earth, visible and invisible
whether thrones or dominions or prin-
cipalities or authorities-all things were
created through Christ and for Christ.
Christ is before all things, the one in
whom all things hold together. Christ is
the head of the body, the church, and is
the beginning, the first-born from the
dead, that in everything Christ might be
pre-eminent. For in Christ all the full-
ness of God was pleased to dwell, and
through Christ to reconcile all things,
whether on earth or in heaven, making
peace by the blood of the cross." ^
Dear sisters and brothers, with the
Apostle's words to the church at Colos-
sae, we greet you.
IN MEMORIAM
Since we last gathered four years ago, a
number of our colleagues in the Council
of Bishops have stepped out of our midst
into the service of the Church Eternal.
Though separated from our immediate
presence, these stalwart ministers of
Jesus Christ are still bound to us all in
warm bonds of love, affection and com-
mon purpose which mark the com-
munion of saints:
Name
William Clyde Martin
Walter Earl Ledden
Charles Franklin Golden
Fred Pierce Corson
Shot Kumar Mondol
Robert Edward Goodrich, Jr
Marjorie Swank Matthews
Walter Lee Underwood
James Chess Lovern
Finis Alonzo Crutchfield. Jr.
Hermann Walter Kaebnick
Date of Death
Aug. 30, 1984
Oct. 20, 1984
Nov. 17, 1984
Feb. 16, 1985
June 10, 1985
Oct. 30. 1985
June 30, 1986
Apr. 17, 1987
Apr. 23, 1987
May 21. 1987
May 25, 1987
The Episcopal Address, like many
things in the United Methodist Church,
started by accident. It was a humdrum
day at the General Conference of 1812-
they had been struggling with the peren-
nial question of the appointment of
presiding elders. Suddenly Bishop Wil-
liam McKendree took the floor-he was
four years in the episcopacy--and
proceeded to deliver what is now con-
sidered the first Episcopal Address. He
sat down. Father Asbury, in the chair,
was fuming. Glaring across at Mc-
Kendree, he said: "I have something to
say to you before the conference. This is
a new thing. I never did business in this
way, and why is this new thing intro-
duced?" 2
McKendree, with the kind of agile epis-
copal diplomacy which has served his
successors ever since, replied: 'You are
our father: we are your sons. You never
have had need of it. I am only a brother,
and have need of it." ^
Asbury smiled, and a new tradition
was born.
This story typifies the United
Methodist Church -like Asbury, we often
say "We never did it this way before." But
the Holy Spirit in a variety of forms has
a way of breaking through old barriers
toward the fulfillment of God's purpose
for us.
Perspective
Four years ago, we, all of us, celebrated
the Bicentennial of American
Methodism. It was natural for us in 1984
to celebrate all that had gone before-the
matchless saga of heroes and heroines of
the church "who through faith con-
quered kingdoms, enforced justice,
received promises, stopped the mouths
of lions, . . . won strength out of weak-
ness " * It was appropriate in 1984 to
celebrate those brave women and men
who walked this way before us, and we
celebrate them now.
But tonight we stand 12 years from the
21st century, and we mtist focus our
vision on the road which lies ahead. For
if anything is clear at this moment of his-
tory, it is that God has momentous
things in mind for the people called
United Methodists. Let us address our-
selves to some basic questions of identity
and direction.
Who Are We?
To ask this question is to be reminded
of the matrushka, the unique doll made
by the Russians, the doll within a doll,
within a doll. For we possess identities
within identities, within identities.
Who are we? In our larger identity, we
are members of the human family-
human beings, made in the image of
God- five billion of us, "riders on the
earth together." God made us in order
that we might "glorify God, and enjoy
him forever." ^ And now God's creation
is in danger, imperiled by the very beings
God created "to have dominion." We
must ask the question, "Have thousands
of years of himian history come to this-
that we have in our possession weapons
of terror which could effectively destroy
life for all five billion of us?" That we
should live together so long and learn so
little is eloquent testimony to the reality
and the pervasive power of human sin.
In the name of God and the
humankind created in God's image, we
implore the leaders and rulers of the na-
tions to lay down their arsenals of death
and seek anew together the oneness of
the human community.
The United Nations, imperfect and
fragile as it is, remains the most viable
symbol of the deep desire of peoples
everywhere to resolve their differences
not by sending their young out to
slaughter one another, but by sitting
down together at tables of mediation and
reconciliation. We affirm a strengthened
United Nations.
This human family is further
threatened by the emergence of Ac-
quired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
(AIDS). This disease is causing immense
suffering among people all over our
world. We declare our unconditional
love for persons with AIDS and their
families, and affirm all efforts toward
fuller understanding and deeper com-
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passion, as well as the funding of re-
search to discover a cure.
In this five-billion member family, two
economic systems vie for ascendancy.
Both grew out of particular historical
contexts and have made important con-
tributions to the question of how the
management of economic forces can
contribute to the good of humanity. But
the events of history are calling both sys-
tems into question. As an anonymous
person in Poland put it recently: "In
capitalism man exploited man, and
under communism vice versa!" Today,
both systems are found morally wanting:
communism, because it has faOed both
economically and in its inability to
guarantee the most basic human rights
of free speech, free press, and free
religion; capitalism because of its failure
to cope with the growing numbers of
homeless people, the expanding world
population living in poverty, and the
erosion of the middle class, mostly into
the ranks of the poor. While these sys-
tems have been modified and continue to
be modified in many places to remove
some of their harsher edges, the world
looks with longing for a better way for
this five billion member world com-
munity to share the enormous resources
God has made available for us. We
believe this better way must be based on
the God-given freedom and dignity of
each person, on standards of truth and
justice among peoples and nations, and
the abolition of the racism, sexism and
militarism so prevalent in the systems of
today.
Furthermore, no "new system" can
change anything if it is not accompanied
by a profound sense that we are sisters
and brothers in a global community
under God, called to respond in love to
hunger and homelessness and human
need wherever it appears.
Who are we? In slightly smaller iden-
tity, we are members of a world com-
munity of those who believe in God-
some 2 1/2 bOlion of us. ' Among this
community are Buddhists, Hindus, Mus-
lims, Jews and many others. We have sig-
nificant differences with them and cer-
tain barriers divide us. But our com-
monalities are profound. Chinese
religious leaders found this out the hard
way during the "Cultural Revolution" of
1966-1976. Their houses of worship were
closed; they themselves were arrested
and sent to the countryside to till the soil.
Often, they were placed in barracks
together, and here the Islamic imam, the
Buddhist priest, the Jewish rabbi, the
Catholic priest and the Protestant pastor
broke bread together, washed the dishes
together, cleaned the latrines together,
suffered together, and came to love one
another. So that today, returned now to
their houses of worship and their min-
istries, there exists a bond of mutual af-
fection and respect and caring which has
transformed the religious community
there.
Do we have to wait until there is a
world catastrophe before the leaders of
the world religions will find their com-
mon humanity? Surely the overwhelm-
ing nuclear threat is enough to drive us
together and to find our commonality of
compassion. What an impact it could
have if the 2 1/2 billion people of our
earth who are believers in God could
speak with one voice for peace on earth!
Who are we? We are members of the
Christian church, some 1,062,000,000
members strong.* We are part of an in-
credible array and variety of persons
living in every countiy on the face of the
earth bound together by our common al-
legiance to Jesus Christ as our Lord and
Savior. In some places our brothers and
sisters gather under threat of repression
and persecution, and we lift our prayers
for them tonight. We pray for them in
the sure knowledge that God's church
will be preserved to the end of time, and
that nothing can separate us from one
another or from the love of Christ.
One of the concrete ways in which we
symbolize our membership in this world
Christian community is through our
membership in the World Council of
Churches. While we clearly recognize the
fallibility of the World Council and of na-
tional councils of churches, we strongly
affirm our United Methodist commit-
ment to such conciliar bodies as a way of
declaring our essential oneness in Christ
with his followers everywhere.
Who are we? We are United-
Methodists, some 9 1/2 million of us. ^
We should be proud to be United
Methodists! Not in a chauvinistic sense
-not in the sense that we are better than
someone else or that we have some kind
of comer on the truth-nothing could be
further from the spirit of our founders.
Rather, our pride might better be
described as a sense of joy and gratitude
that we are privileged to be a part of a
movement within Christ's church which
has had and continues to have an impact
for good far beyond what its numbers
would indicate.
United Methodists are Christians who
have lifted up certain emphases of the
gospel, emphases which have possessed
a power to reach out and change the lives
of people. Bishop Charles Wesley Flint
once made this summary of Methodist
conviction:
1. Everyone can be a child of God. ^°
2. If you're a child of God, you'll know
it.
3. If you're a child of God, you'll show
it.
"Everyone can be a child of God."
While Bishop Flint was aware that in
one sense everyone is already a child of
God by virtue of being lovingly created
by Grod in God's image, he was speaking
of a more profound relationship. Free
grace! Whosoever will may come! This
invitation extends across all the barriers
and the chasms that divide human
beings from human beings. And-amaz-
ing truth!-even though we, in our sinful
and selfish state, may not be able to ac-
cept this gift, the grace of God has al-
ready come into our hearts that enables
us to say "yes!" Prevenient grace! Bishop
Flint was right-everyone can be a child
of God!
"If you're a child of God," said Flint,
"you'll know it." Christian assurance! If
there is one reason which explains our
failure to evangelize in recent years, it
may be this. For how can United
Methodists share the good news with
someone else, if they are not sure that
they have accepted the good news into
their own hearts, and that it has
revolutionized their lives? There is no
chance of reversing our membership
trends, let alone of doubling our mem-
bership, until there comes a resurgence
of assurance-an assurance of God's love
so compelling that I've got to share it
with my neighbor. "If you're a child of
God, you'll know it."
Finally, Bishop Flint says, "If you're a
child of God, you'll show it." Christian
perfection! This may be the most distinc-
tive of the Wesleyan emphases, and we
are constantly in peril of turning it into
a kind of "works righteousness," in
which, out of guilt, we busily engage in
activism. But rightly understood, going
on to perfection is a grateful response to
having received God's grace and love in
our hearts and lives, and is one of the
most powerful and central themes of
Wesleyan theology. It remains the most
significant motivating force behind both
personal holiness and social holiness. It
has served as the mainspring that has
made the United Methodist Church
among the most vital and socially in-
volved denominations in the Christian
world. Yes, "if you're a child of God,
you'll show it."
The time has come to say the last rites
over the notion that the defining charac-
teristic of United Methodist theology is
pluralism. The word may have some
descriptive value, but it has no defming
value. It carries philosophical overtones
which contradict our understanding of
Christian faith. The dictionary defmes it
as "a theory or system that recognizes
more than one ultimate substance or
principle." ^ ^ It is little wonder then that
many people, including some United
Methodists, have been led to believe that
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"United Methodists can believe anything
they want to." That is simply not true.
This is not to deny that we have many
differing perspectives and interpreta-
tions of Christian faith. It is only to say
that we should be defining ourselves
more along the lines of Bishop Flint's
suggestions than by the use of mislead-
ing terms borrowed from philosophy
which give a false impression of who we
are. This is essential both for our own
self-understanding as well as for our
ability to evangelize. There is no evan-
gelistic appeal to join a group whose prin-
ciple identifying mark is that everyone
disagrees with everyone else.
We look with hope and anticipation to
the reports from the three study commis-
sions on mission, ministry, and our
theological task, for they can help us in
this task of self-definition.
So, who are we? We are 9 1/2 million
United Methodists, a part of
1,062,000,000 Christians within a com-
munity of 2 1/2 billion people who
believe in God, and finally we are mem-
bers of the human family of five billion
souls. In each of these identities which
God has given us, we face both great
perils and supreme opportunities.
Where Have We Been?
Four years ago at our Bicentennial, we
celebrated our past. We rejoiced in the
memories of Wesley and Asbury, of Ot-
terbein and Albright, of Boehm and
Hosier and Heck. We gloried in the tales
of circuit riders who died young, and of
lay people whose courage and faith led
them to break new ground for mission
and ministry. This is a history we must
never forget, and we acknowledge our in-
debtedness to all the marchers in that
endless line of splendor.
But tonight we mark 20 years since the
1968 union which brought The Evangeli-
cal United Brethren Church and The
Methodist Church together. Those who
were present at Dallas for that Uniting
Conference will never forget the drama
of that high hour.
As we ask the question, "Where have
we been?" let us center our attention on
where we have been in these past 20
years.
We have been down the road of reor-
ganization. The first task which the
"New Church for a New World" set for it-
self was a restructuring of its general
agencies. A commission created in 1968
worked throughout the quadrennium
and brought its report to the 1972
General Conference, where it was
debated and adopted. That structure,
with few changes, remains substantially
intact today. We believe that the general
agencies are working well together, and
that cooperation continues to grow. It is
always difficult to know whether such
cooperation is due to structure or to the
personnel who fill key places in the struc-
ture, but we expect the latter is the more
important. At any rate, while not
precluding the possibility that changes
should be made, the structures adopted
in 1972 have served us well.
During these 20 years, we have
travelled the road of self-examination.
We refer to the fact that it was at the 1968
Uniting Conference, held in the wake of
the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr., that the Commission on
Religion and Race was created. Four
years later the Commission on the Status
and Role of Women came into being, first
as a temporary four-year body, and then
as a standing commission. The creation
of these two bodies by the General Con-
ference represent the first time that our
church had, on an ongoing basis,
provided ways of examining ourselves -
our own structures, methods and ways of
doing things - to help us move to a more
authentic practice of the inclusiveness
we preach to others. This move has been
controversial, and critics sometimes ac-
cuse us of "navel gazing." But the need to
create these agencies is a testimony to
the reality of sin, and our willingness to
sustain them is a sign of our need for self-
examination of our own practices if we
are to be effective in proclaiming the
gospel to the world. We believe we have
made some progress in these 20 years,
but it is abundantly clear that the task is
far from accomplished. To practice our-
selves the inclusiveness we preach
remains high on our agenda.
These past two decades have seen the
emergence of a more aggressive epis-
copal leadership, culminating in the 1986
pastoral letter, "In Defense of Creation:
The Nuclear Crisis and a Just Peace."
This letter, two years in preparation, was
produced by the Council of Bishops in
close cooperation with our general
boards and agencies, and has made a
greater impact on church and society
than almost anything the church has at-
tempted in decades. The Council of
Bishops believes that the church is call-
ing upon its leaders to lead and has
sought to respond to that challenge. But
the whole church needs to clarify its ex-
pectations, so that this emerging epis-
copal leadership can truly be understood
as a servanthood on behalf of all who
bear the name United Methodist and of
all those whom we would serve.
One of the most significant develop-
ments of this 20-year period has been the
concept of the missional priority. First
adopted in 1976, the priority for the first
quadrennium was threefold:
1. Developing the Ethnic Minority
Local Church
2. World Hunger
3. Evangelism
After 1980 and through the present,
the one priority has been "Developing
and Strengthening the Ethnic Minority
Local Church for Witness and Mission."
A summary of what has been ac-
complished during these three quadren-
nia cannot begin to measure the real im-
pact of this priority on the life of our
church, but these figures give us some
idea of the scope of this historic effort.
A total of 2,746 different projects
received funding in the amount of
$39,440,164.
The Hispanic-Asian-Native American
(HANA) scholarship program, initiated
through EMLC, has provided scholar-
ships for 793 Hispanic-Americans, 902
Asian-Americans, and 225 Native
Americans in the amount of
$3,336,225.00.12
Furthermore, the portion of funds
retained by annual conferences has
made possible significant gains. Reports
from 41 conferences show 116 new con-
gregations started, 85 new churches
built, 56 parsonages erected and 289
elders ordained. 1^
It is impossible to assess what the ul-
timate impact of this priority has been
on the life of ethnic minority local chur-
ches. Honesty calls for us to admit that
some in our church have not been en-
thusiastic about the priority. Neverthe-
less, its overall effect has been notable,
and when the history of The United
Methodist Church for the last half of the
20th century is written, the missional
priority "Developing and Strengthening
the Ethnic Minority Local Church for
Witness and Mission" will stand as a
major enterprise on behalf of inclusive
outreach in the church of Jesus Christ.
As we ask where we have been these
last 20 years, we have to acknowledge we
have been on a constant downhill slide
in our membership. This is not true
everywhere, particularly in lands outside
the United States. But what is incon-
trovertible is that when the delegates
came to the General Conference at Dal-
las 20 years ago, they came representing
a church of 10,994,403 members. ^^ In
1988, you came representing a church of
9,696,797 members. ^^ What happened
to those 1,297,606 people? We have all
heard many theories advanced, and it is
not simple to sort out the reasons. One
fact seems clear, however, from the ob-
jective studies which have been made.
That is that the loss in membership has
not been due to abnormally large num-
bers of people leaving our ranks, but
rather to a greatly diminished number of
people entering our ranks. Respon-
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sibility, then, lies with our over 42
thousand local congregations, for that is
where people are evangelized, made dis-
ciples, and nurtured in the faith.
But we all share in the responsibility,
and whatever priorities or special
programs this General Conference
adopts, empowering local congregations
to make disciples has to be a first order
of the day.
Finally, we have maintained a remark-
able level of giving to the local and con-
nectional ministries of our church.
Despite heavy pressures for localism, our
congregations and their leaders have un-
derstood that the fullness of mission
calls us to connectional ministries in
Christ's name. We are grateful for this
loving and loyal response toward em-
powerment of our common ministry.
We have been over a fascinating road
these 20 years since union - we have
restructured our boards and agencies, we
have instituted a self-examination of our
own inclusiveness so that our message
might be more authentic. We have asked
our bishops to assume a greater leader-
ship role. We have undertaken a mis-
sional priority which is without parallel
in other major religious bodies. We come
to this conference with 1,297,606 fewer
members than we had 20 years ago. And
we celebrate the loyal stewardship of our
people. This is where we have been.
Where Are We Going?
1. We are going to be a more evangeli-
cal church. We are aware that this term
is subject to a variety of definitions, but
here we mean simply this: A profound
conviction of the power and efficacy of
God's good news of love in Christ to
change, redeem and transform human
life. The end result is holiness of heart
and life, both for individuals and com-
munities. We have not said much in
recent years about personal holiness,
particularly as it relates to personal
habits. Take the matter of the use of
tobacco and alcohol for instance ~ for a
variety of reasons, perhaps from fear of
appearing legalistic, we have backed
away from these issues. But while we
have been doing that, the community
has not - so that today, 73 percent of
adults in the United States abstain from
tobacco, and the percentage is rising. ^^
In regard to alcohol, the percentage of
abstaining adults is at 35 percent and the
rising concern for health and highway
safety point toward an increasing num-
ber of non-drinkers in the future. ^ It is
ironic that in this, as often in other so-
cial issues, the church is not leading but
tagging along behind. This is but one ex-
ample of the biblical idea of holiness
which sees our bodies as temples of God's
spirit. It is out of this profound biblical
conviction that we re-affirm the stan-
dard spelled out in our 1984 Episcopal
Address and in the actions of the General
Conference of fidelity in marriage and
celibacy in singleness. Holiness is truly
wholeness, a concept which exalts the
sacredness of human life and love, as well
as the environment in which we live and
move and have our being. A more evan-
gelical church ~ a church concerned with
holiness of heart and life ~ will take
leadership in every move toward health
and wholeness, in joyous gratitude for
the gift of God's love in Christ.
A more evangelical church will possess
what our forebears called a "passion for
souls." By this we mean that we hurt for
every person who has not accepted and
experienced the love of God in his or her
heart and who does not know the trans-
forming joy of being a part of Christ's
beloved community. A more evangelical
church will proclaim God's good news
with loving and persuasive power.
A more evangelical church will be
deeply concerned about nurturing grow-
ing disciples, knowing that God's
redeeming love often is not absorbed in-
stantaneously, but may be received and
understood as a person prays and studies
and experiences the loving ministry of
the community of faith. A more evangeli-
cal church will believe that every dis-
ciple, by God's grace, should be a grow-
ing disciple.
2. We are going to be a more socially
responsible church. Those persons who
interpret being more evangelical as
being a retreat from activism just don't
understand The United Methodist
Church. For it is the acceptance of God's
good news of love in our hearts that
motivates us to bring that good news to
bear on every part and aspect of God's
creation, including our political life
together. We cannot exclude any feature
of God's creation from the applicability
of the good news without blasphemous-
ly discounting the cosmic scope and
authority of that good news. We rejoice
that for 80 years, since 1908, we have had
a Social Creed which expresses this full-
ness of God's purpose. We undertake this
ministry not in the belief that our efforts
will establish God's kingdom, but as
cooperators with God as God brings to
fruition that shalom marked by freedom,
truth, justice and love-a shalom revealed
most clearly to us in the life, death and
resurrection of Jesus Christ. Therefore,
a church that is truly evangelical will be
one which is authentically activist in its
application of the gospel.
3. We are going to be a singing church.
This has always been one of our marks,
for it represents a way of saying the un-
sayable and speaking the unspeakable.
The work of the Hymnal Revision Com-
mittee which you created in 1984 will be
before you for action, an action which
will determine the hjTnns we will be
singing into the 21st century. We com-
mend the Hymnal Revision Committee
for having conducted the most thorough
and open process of hymnal revision in
modem history and urge your thought-
ful consideration of their report.
4. We are going to be a more inclusive
church. We are grateful for forward
strides made in recent years, both in eth-
nic and gender inclusiveness. But when
we measure what we have done against
what God is calling us to do, we bow in
contrition. Breaking through subtle bar-
riers of racism, sexism and ageism takes
a deliberate intentionality that we have
not yet been able fully to muster. For all
our efforts these three quadrennia on be-
half of our missional priority, we must
confess that for large numbers of United
Methodists the missional priority never
came alive as anything more than one
more apportionment. But we are hear-
tened by the directions emerging from
the Convocation on Racism convened
last September in Louisville, and we
pledge ourselves to unremitting opposi-
tion to racism in all its forms.
Our ethnic richness continues to
proliferate with the ongoing arrival in
the United States of thousands of im-
migrant people. Our future as a church
is closely tied to the effectiveness of our
evangelization of ethnic peoples.
Whatever the action of the General Con-
ference is regarding a missional priority,
the developing and strengthening of the
ethnic minority local church must and
will remain at the heart of our mission.
We feel compelled to say however, that
strengthening of the ethnic minority
congregation does not minimize our
commitment to the development and
growth of racially and ethnically in-
clusive congregations. Effective evan-
gelization will enable us to have both
strong ethnic congregations as well as
those that are interracial.
We are grateful for the increasing par-
ticipation of women at all levels of our
life together, and rejoice that the mem-
bership of this General Conference
reflects this growing reality. The con-
tribution being made by increasing num-
bers of clergywomen is bringing new life
and vitality throughout the connection.
5. We are going to be a more global
church. We are in the process of a long
evolution in this regard. Originally, we
were strictly a North American church.
Then, largely as a result of the work of
our missionaries, congregations and an-
nual conferences were established in
other nations. But bishops from the
United States presided over these con-
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ferences. Then came missionary bishops
and later Central Conference bishops,
but they were never quite given the
status of a bishop elected by a jurisdic-
tional conference. Only in the past 15
years have we finally recognized that
bishops elected by Central Conferences
are truly full bishops of The United
Methodist Church. Only since 1972 have
we provided for non-episcopal members
from the Central Conferences on
General Council on Ministries, and only
since 1984 on other boards and agencies.
But we are now at a time in history
when we should move decisively toward
being an authentic global church. One
reality leading us in that direction is that
while our membership has been declin-
ing in the United States, it is growing in
other countries. If present trends con-
tinue, sometime in the 21st century
there could occur a quantum shift in our
membership. We should be preparing for
that by becoming more fully global.
6. We are going to be a more connec-
tional church. Dean Walter Muelder
used to quote Joseph Fletcher to the ef-
fect that the world ecumenical move-
ment was made up of about 200 people
in the world. What he meant by this was
that if you counted the people in the
world who were really excited about the
world ecumenical movement, it was the
200 people who went to all those meet-
ings.^«
There is a corollary with connec-
tionalism here. Yes, we are excited about
connectionalism — the Council of
Bishops, the members of the General
Conference, thestaff and directors of our
general boards and agencies ~ at the
most, three or four thousand people, less
than 1/10 of one percent of all United
Methodists. Even if we include all the lay
and clergy members of annual conferen-
ces and annual conference boards and
jigencies, we may be speaking of 80 or 90
thousand people ~ still less than 1% of
our membership. What about the other
99 percent of oiu- people? Does connec-
tionalism really excite them or do they
consider it a code word used by "the
hierarchy" to justify larger apportion-
ments? We suspect the latter view is
more widespread than we would like to
believe.
Furthermore, connectionalism is
sometimes identified with a monolithic
conformity which discourages dissent
and discussion of alternative views. But
true connectionalism should encourage
the free expression of a variety of views,
and provide a reconciling arena where all
come together in mutual respect and
love.
In fact, connectionalism is an operat-
ing principle which has made it possible
for over 42,000 local congregations to be
involved in the mission of Christ in a
focused and effective way that is often
the envy of other denominations. Con-
nectionalism is a priceless gift which
must not be abandoned but rather
strengthened. But we need to find ways
to make connectionalism come alive in
the minds and hearts of the large per-
centage of our members for whom it is
only a word. They need to catch the
vision of being a part of a great adven-
ture on behalf of Christ and Christ's mis-
sion. We are going to be a more connec-
tional church, and what is more, the
average lay person in the pews is going
to know that and be excited about it, and
that can revolutionize our mission.
7. We are going to redeem and renew
the itineracy. While we recognize that
many different means of clergy deploy-
ment are utilized in different denomina-
tions, we affirm the unique role of
itineracy in our own heritage. Itineracy
has been a powerful instrument for mis-
sion, but it has come under increasing
pressures in the last two decades. There
are some who frankly question its adap-
tability to the present age and call either
for sharp modification or outright aban-
donment. Many others believe the sys-
tem should be renewed and
strengthened. The future of itineracy
depends on how we answer some basic
questions:
A. Is the itineracy basically an employ-
ment agency for clergy or an instrument
for Christ's mission? The expectation
often laid on bishops and cabinets is that
"taking care of the clergy" far outranks
in priority serving the needs of congrega-
tions and ministries. To the extent
bishops have allowed such expectations
to rule our decisions, we share respon-
sibility for failures of the itinerant sys-
tem to be a truly missional instrument.
Some of the responsibility also lies with
attitudes of some congregations and cler-
gy-
Itineracy is based on the assumption of
itinerants who are ready-yea, who long
to be sent and used in God's mission ac-
cording to their gifts and graces, and of
congregations who are ready to accept
their appointed pastor as one particular-
ly fitted to meet their unique needs. To
put it another way, there will not be a
renewal of itineracy without a profoimd
spiritual, theological and ecclesiological
renewal of both itinerant clergy and of
congregations.
B. Can the itineracy be renewed when
considerable numbers of itinerant mini-
sters declare themselves de facto non-
itinerant? The answer must be no, be-
cause one of the assumptions of itineracy
is equality of opportunity for every
itinerant to serve in any place. But if all
the places in what are deemed the more
attractive locations are locked up by cler-
gy who will serve only within a limited
area, then the truly itinerant clergy are
destined to serve out their lifetimes in
less desirable places. Thus two classes of
clergy are created, itinerant and non-
itinerant, separate and unequal, with all
of the advantages going to the non-
itinerant.
We have a pastoral concern for the per-
sonal and family situations of all ap-
pointed clergy, yet if equity is to be res-
tored and itineracy renewed, bishops
and cabinets must insist that the mini-
ster who places personal and unofficial
limits on itineracy can have no as-
surance ofsuch limits being honored nor
appointment within such limits guaran-
teed.
C. Can the itineracy be renewed in the
face of the enormous disparity in salaries
paid to pastors? The impact of salary dif-
ferential on the appointive system has
been debated for years. At one time. The
Book of Discipline contained provisions
for a basic salary plan in annual con-
ferences which wished to adopt it. But
the option was rarely used, and the 1976
General Conference removed it from
The Book of Discipline.
But we face a situation in some annual
conferences where the setting of pas-
toral salaries is being used as a way to
step out of the appointive system. Al-
though the authority to set salary rests
with the charge conference, the danger
of a rampant Congregationalism here
must be recognized. One legislative ap-
proach which might at least ameliorate
the situation could be a disciplinary
provision requiring a local congregation
which wanted to raise its pastor's salary
beyond a certain level to do so only if it
committed an equal amount (over and
above its apportionments) to the Equi-
table Salary Fund.
So, fully recognizing the stresses being
placed upon the itineracy today and ac-
knowledging there is much reforming
work to be done, we nevertheless, in the
name and for the sake of our common
mission, commit ourselves to a renewed
itineracy.
8. We will be a growing church. The ac-
tion of the 1984 General Conference set-
ting a goal of doubling our membership
by 1992 has been roundly criticized, with
some justification. But that action did
get the attention of the church, and the
church is committed more than it has
been in many years to becoming a grow-
ing church.
We believe such growth will happen
for five basic reasons:
I. We are under orders from Christ.
As sharers in the great commission, we
make disciples as part of God's plan for
a renewed humanity.
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II. We have a sound theology. Wes-
leyan theology based on God's grace
reaching out to all people in their need,
offering them Christ, and then helping
them on the way to holiness of heart and
life both as individuals and on the social
scene, is a matchless instrument for the
redemption of individuals and the heal-
ing of the nations.
III. We have the human resources.
The laity and the clergy of our church
constitute an incredible reservoir of
people power-redeemed by Christ and
through the power of God's spirit they
stand ready to be used for the building of
the church and the healing of humanity.
rV. We have the material resources.
There are 42,212 established congrega-
tions, located in strategic places in our
cities, towns, villages and open countiy.
What an incalculable resource this is ~ a
resource that other faiths or ideologies
would give their eye teeth to possess.
There we are based strategically to par-
ticipate in God's mission to the world.
V. We have the organization. Our
connectional system provides a means of
communication and accountability
which is unmatched. It needs only to be
put to work anew in the service of the
Spirit.
But one thing is needful ~ a profound
longing and desire to grow - based not
upon institutional aggrandizement, but
on our understanding of God's purpose
- to bring all persons to Christ.
9. We are going on to perfection! This
United Methodist emphasis, often
misunderstood by others, sometimes
looked upon with condescension even by
some of our own family, actually
provides for us our most powerful
motivation for mission and our greatest
reason for hope. Jesus would not have
commanded us to be perfect if he didn't
want and expect us to give it our best,
and he accepts our best as a contribution
to the coming of the Kingdom.
United Methodism, at its greatest, has
never been willing to give up on perfec-
tion. And so we say to you tonight, rep-
resentatives of a great church poised on
the brink of an open future, "Never lose
faith that the Christ who calls you to be
perfect will honor your efforts, however
feeble. "For
"The kingdom is coming
O tell ye the story,
God's banner exalted shall be!
The earth shall be full
of His knowledge and glory,
As waters that cover the sea." ^^
The struggle may be long, the way
hard, the immediate results discourag-
ing, but in those times remember the an-
cient words of the sursum corda, which
mean literally, "Up, hearts!"
Up hearts! Hatred and violence and
war may seem to rule the world, but we
are a part of God's long range plan to
beat swords into ploughshares, and
spears into pruning hooks, and to create
a world where a little child can lead us!
Up, hearts! Life around us may be
characterized by persons excluding
other persons because of their different-
ness, but we are a part of God's grand
plan where we shall all sit down at the
table of the Lord together!
Up hearts! We live in a world where
the rich seem to get richer and the poor
poorer, but we are the followers of One
who has "put down the mighty from
their thrones, and exalted them of low
20
Up hearts! We are going on to perfec-
tion!
"And when the strife is fierce.
The warfare long ~
Steals on the ear the distant triumph
song
And hearts are brave again.
And arms are strong.
Alleluia, Alleluia! ^r
In the name of the Father, and the
Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Footnotes
1 Inclusive Language Lectionary:
Readings for Year C, (Colossians 1:13-
20). Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1985. p.
235 (adapted).
2 Buckley, James M. A History of
Methodism in the United States, (Vol. 1).
New York: The Christian Literature Co.,
1897. p. 409.
3 Ibid.
4 The Holy Bible: Revised Standard
Version, (Hebrews 11: 33-34). New York:
Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1952. p. 254.
5 Steel, Robert. The Shorter
Catechism. London: T. Nelson & Sons,
1888. p. 9.
6 Steven, Stewart. The Poles. New
York: Macmillan, 1982. p. 12.
7 Hoffman, Mark S. (Ed.). 1987 World
Almanac & Book of Facts. New York:
Scripps Howard Co., 1986. p. 340.
8 Ibid.
9 1986 General Minutes of the Annual
Conferences of the United Methodist
Church. Evanston: General Council on
Finance & Administration, 1987. p. 26,
29.
10 Flint, Charles Wesley. Charles Wes-
ley & His Colleagues. Washington D.C.:
Public Affairs Press, 1957. p. 97.
11 Barnhart, Clarence L. (Ed.). The
American College Dictionary. New York:
Random House, 1957. p. 933.
12 Current, Angella. (1988, March).
[HANA Scholarship Program 1977-
1987]. General Board of Higher Educa-
tion & Ministry, The United Methodist
Church, Unpublished raw data.
13 MUler, Leonard. (1988, Jan.). [Mis-
sional Priority-the EMLC]. General
Council on Ministries, The United
Methodist Church. Unpublished raw
data.
14 1968 General Minutes of the Annual
Conferences of the United Methodist
Church. Evanston: The Council on
World Service & Finance, 1969. pp. 29,
66, 67.
15 1987 General Minutes of the Annual
Conferences of the United Methodist
Church. Evanston: The Council on
Finance & Administration, 1988. p.29.
16 Cigarette-smoking rate at all time
low in U.S. (1987, Sept. 11). Sacramento
Union, p. A-3.
17 Gallup, George, Jr. (1987, August
24). Americans Are Drinking About as
Much as Ever. San Francisco Chronicle.
p. 19.
18 Muelder, Walter. Dean Emeritus,
Boston School of Theology (personal
communication, fall 1987.)
19 "From all the dark places," The
Methodist Hymnal. Nashville: The
Methodist Publishing House, 1939. p.
483.
20 The Holy Bible: Revised Standard
Version, (Luke 1:52). New York: Thomas
Nelson & Sons, 1952. p. 63.
2 1 "For All the Saints," The Methodist
Hymnal. Nashville: The Methodist
Publishing House, 1966. p. 536.
The Episcopal Address has been writ-
ten by Bishop Jack M. Tuell who was
selected by the Council of Bishops. It has
been perfected for presentation at the
1988 session of the General Conference
after considerable preparation, includ-
ing discussion and debate at regular
meetings of the Council of Bishops.
Though not reflecting the view of every
bishop at every point, in finished form
this address has been approved by the
Council of Bishops of The United
Methodist Church.
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DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
April 27, 1988
Proceedings of the 1988 General Conference of The
United Methodist Church
Opening Session
Tuesday Afternoon,
April 26, 1988
The 1988 General Conference of The
United Methodist Church convened in the
Cervantes Convention Center, St. Louis,
MO, April 26, 1988, at 1:30 p.m. with the
College Presidents as liturgists. The com-
munion sermon was preached by Bishop
Earl G. Hunt, Jr.
(Service of Holy Communion)
BISHOP EARL G. HUNT, JR (Presid-
ing): Dear friends, in a moment I am going
to call the General Conference to order.
Will you find your seats immediately,
please? Thank you.
The General Conference of The United
Methodist Church will come to order. As
we come for these 1988 sessions, a proper
prayer in which to engage might be that
the character and the performance of this
great General Conference may be such as
that in this year of the Aldersgate anniver-
sary, the General Conference of 1988 may
be remembered as the Aldersgate General
Conference. I recognize the secretary of
the General Conference, Dr. Faith
Richardson, for matters related to the roll
call and the quorum.
DR. FAITH RICHARDSON: Bishop
Hunt, 994 voting delegates were elected to
this 1988 General Conference. This would
make a quorum of 498 in order to do busi-
ness. As of now, we have 964 present; cer-
tainly we have a quorum. The roll call will
be taken in accordance with the plan of or-
ganization. Heads of delegations have
received the roll call information at your
places, with all the instructions you need,
I believe. Thank you.
BISHOP HUNT: Thank you, Dr.
Richardson. And now we turn to the
report of the Commission on the General
Conference, Miss Francis Alguire, Dr. De-
Wayne Woodring, and Dr. Clifford Droke,
associated with her.
FRANCIS ALGUIRE (Northern Il-
linois): I ask you to hear these words from
1 Corinthians 12:6, "...there are varieties
of working, but it is the same God who in-
spires them all in every one." Please share
in a moment of prayer.
(Prayer)
FRANCIS ALGUIRE: Bishop Hunt,
members of the Council of Bishops,
delegates, officials, and visitors, members
of the Commission on the General Con-
ference extend personal greetings and a
warm welcome to each one of you. This is
a most significant conference for several
reasons. We come together as Christians
to discern God's direction for the future as
we enact legislative guidelines.
In 1984, we celebrated our 200th an-
niversary as a church. Welcome to this
first conference of our third century and
the 250th anniversary of Wesley's
Aldersgate experience. We are pleased to
be celebrating the 200th anniversary of
The United Methodist Publishing House
in 1989. Our many thanks to the persons
providing the very useful tote bags in
recognition of this event, as well as the
lovely commemorative hymnals. Among
the many other causes for celebration are
the 200th anni...the 100th anniversary of
the first women elected to General Con-
ference. Even though the (ap-
plause). ..even though the brethren of that
era would not allow them to be seated. We
rejoice that almost one-third of our cur-
rent delegates are female and women are
involved in many General Conference
leadership roles. Eighty years ago our first
Social Creed was adopted. We celebrate
the 40th anniversary of the Advance
program. Twenty years ago we became
United Methodists, we also celebrate 20
years of Black Methodists for Church
Renewal, and the Ministerial Education
Fund.
The Commission on the General Con-
ference has the responsibility of determin-
ing the time and place of General
Conference and making all the arrange-
ments for its sessions. You will find the
names of the members of the commission
listed on page A-5 of the Advance Edition
of the Daily Christian Advocate and the
names of the Missouri Area Local Com-
mittee on page A-6. These persons have
worked together carefully and prayerfully
to prepare for your arrival. Later, during
the conference, they will be presented to
you. Each one of them deserves much of
our gratitude. We were very.. .we very
much appreciate the gracious hospitality
extended by our local hosts and hostesses.
At this time we are privileged to receive of-
ficial greetings from the Missouri Area
host bishop. May I present to you Bishop
W. T. Handy, Jr.
BISHOP HUNT: Bishop Handy.
BISHOP W. T. HANDY: Members of
the conference, Ruth and I bring you
greetings from the Missouri East Annual
Conference and welcome you to the City
of St. Louis. The Local Committee has
gone to great lengths in order to make
your stay with us one of joy, and one in
which you can do that which we will
believe to be the wQl of God. This is under
the leadership of the Reverend Dr.
Gregory K. Poole. St. Louis is the home of
many wonderful sites. It's the home of
that magnificent engineering feat, the
Arch. It's the home of the famed Botani-
cal Gardens. It is the home of Forest Park,
one of the largest parks in the United
States of a public nature. It is the home
also of the zoo, one of the great zoos in our
country. And it is also the home of many
other facilities which we will not name
here in these facilities and on this site.
I want to say to you that we in St. Louis
are really proud of Methodism and this an-
nual conference. We claim to have the
oldest church congregation and the oldest
church building west of the Mississippi
River. We also believe that you will find
the finest physical facilities and appoint-
ments that the General Conference has
ever had in its entire history, here in this
and on this site. But as we sought to try to
make things welcome for you and to bring
the proper setting, we realized that in 1984
we celebrated our 200th anniversary. You
have before you the little sack, which The
United Methodist Publishing House has
given, which will celebrate 200 years of its
birth and its function. But when we got to
thinking, 204 years just didn't
sound... didn't have the right ring, so
therefore we decided we might have to do
somethings differently, and you can attest
from that which happened last night.
Someone saw me in the hall and said, "W.
T., Where's your hat?" I said, "Friend, I had
the hat on last night, twice, my first and
last time." Some of you also have asked
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what about the St. Louis Cardinals; are
they in town? We asked that they would
leave town in order that we would be sure
that we would have a quorum at each ses-
sion.
So on behalf of the committee and on
behalf of the Missouri East Annual Con-
ference, again I bring you greetings and
welcome, and also hope that these physi-
cal surroundings will provide you the op-
portunity to heed the guidance of the Holy
Spirit, and that you will find and make
decisions, the spiritual decisions which
will help us to heed the word of Almighty
God, and also to become the true church
of Jesus, the Christ. Amen. (Applause)
FRANCES ALGUIRE: Thank you very
much, Bishop Handy. This session of the
General Conference has been planned in
accordance with the plan of organization,
as listed in Section B-4 of the Advance Edi-
tion of the Daily Christian Advocate. To
facilitate the work of the conference,
members of the commission recommend
the following schedule of special activities
for your approval. The Laity Address at 9
a.m. on Wednesday, April 27; Missouri
Area Programs, Sunday night, 7:30 p.m.
on May 1; presentation of ecumenical rep-
resentatives on Tuesday, May 3, at 9 a.m.
Bishop Hunt, I move these recommenda-
tions.
BISHOP HUNT: If you will approve
these recommendations, lift your hand.
Opposed? And they are approved.
FRANCES ALGUIRE: Thank you.
Other requests for orders of the day will
be determined by the Committee of Agen-
da, whose names are printed on page A-13
of the Advance Edition of the Daily Chris-
tian Advocate. Assigned seating for ofiicial
delegates is determined by lot by the Ex-
ecutive Committee of the Commission on
General Conference. We ask that the plan
be approved as printed in the Advanced
Edition, Section A, of the Daily Christian
Advocate. We further recommend that
our commission be authorized to make ad-
ditional seating assignments as may be
foimd necessary. I so move these seating
assignment recommendations.
BISHOP HUNT: If you will approve
these recommendations, lift your hand.
Opposed? And they are approved.
FRANCES ALGUIRE: Sections of the
hall have been set aside for persons with
handicapping conditions. Marshals will be
pleased to direct those requiring such seat-
ing to the appropriate sections. It is re-
quested that there be no smoking in public
areas during sessions of the General Con-
ference. Food service will be provided in
the cafeteria in Hall A throughout the
Conference. Breakfast and lunch will be
available each day except Sunday. Snack
counters will also be open. Worship ser-
vices wUl be held each weekday at 2:30
p.m. across the street at St. Patrick's
Church. All visitors are welcome to attend.
We thank our director of music. Dr.
Carlton R. Young, for his work on these
and other worship services so carefully
planned and coordinated throughout the
conference.
FRANCIS ALGUIRE: I remind you that
announcements shall be made through
the Daily Christian Advocate. Oral or
projected announcements shall be
restricted to the official operation of the
General Conference and its Legislative
and Administrative committees. J.
Richard Peck, editor of the Advance Edi-
tion and also editor of the Daily Christian
Advocate, has spent countless hours along
with other staff members preparing
printed resources for us. We thank these
staff members most sincerely. I add that
Rich received word yesterday that his
mother died. Please remember him and
his family in your prayers during these
days of bereavement.
Members of the Commission on the
General Conference are recommending
that the 1988 journal be sections A-H of
the Advance Edition of the Daily Chris-
tian Advocate, along with the Daily Chris-
tian Advocate and the approved United
Methodist hymnal. The last section of the
Daily Christian Advocate will contain a
complete index to the first two volumes.
Bound copies of the three volumes will be
available for purchasing in one package. I
move this recommendation.
BISHOP HUNT: It is before you. Are
you ready? If you will approve this recom-
mendation, lift your hand. Opposed? And
it is done; it is approved.
FRANCIS ALGUIRE: The commission
recommends that two offerings be
received during General Conference~the
one just received during worship and
designated by the Council of Bishops for
human relief in Mozambique, the second
one to be received on Wednesday, May 4,
in appreciation for our marshals and
pages. I remind you that these persons are
dedicated volunteers who provide their
own travel and daily expenses. We are in-
deed indebted to them. I move this recom-
mendation.
BISHOP HUNT: If you wUl approve
these two offerings as indicated, lift your
hand. Opposed? And they are approved.
FRANCIS ALGUIRE: The inspiration-
al backdrop that serves as a focal point of
our conference setting was designed by an
Indiana artist, Jerry N. Vaughn. Mr.
Michael Cove supervised the construction
which involved many hours of work by
many United Methodists. We are grateful
to them for this fine work, (applause) We
have carefully reviewed previous evalua-
tion forms and requests that have come to
us for electronic voting and projection
equipment. Thanks to careful shopping
and firm negotiating by our business
manager, we can respond to your request
affirmatively. I'm going to ask Dr. De-
Wyane Woodring to share these impor-
tant details. First, let me say that Dr.
Woodring, the General Conference busi-
ness manager/executive director, has
been most thorough in caring for all arran-
gements. He is highly respected as a per-
son of integrity and has saved our church
countless dollars by his firm, fair negotia-
tions. I have admired his thoroughness for
detail during these past eight years that I
have worked with him. Dr. Woodring.
DEWAYNE WOODRING: For the first
time in the history of the United
Methodist General Conference, you, the
delegate, will have the opportunity to util-
ize and benefit from two marvels of the
electronic age. First is the image mag-
nification system which you have already
experienced during the communion ser-
vice and thus far in this plenary session.
The enhancement of the visual images
surrounding us should enable each person
to feel more closely involved in the presen-
tations, discussions and debates on the is-
sues facing our church today. What you
have not experienced is the utilization of
this image magnification system for the
purpose of helping all the attendees keep
abreast of the discussion. When a specific
item in the Daily Christian Advocate is
under consideration, the page number and
the report number will appear as you see
illustrated at this time, (applause) You
notice I had to look to be sure it worked.
You will, therefore, not only have the oral
announcement of the topic being dis-
cussed; you will also have the visual an-
nouncement so that all will know the
subject on which we are focusing our at-
tention at a particular moment.
The second new innovation is that of
electronic voting. For some years we have
had in our rules of order that we shall vote
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by electronic means or by the show of
hands. Technology has finally advanced to
the point that this earlier wish has now be-
come a reality. There is a response pad in
front of each one of the voting delegates.
Using these pads, you can vote instantly.
There are six buttons on the face of each
pad. However, we will only be using but-
tons 1, 2 and 3. Button number 1 repre-
sents a "yes" vote, button number 2
represents a "no" vote and button number
3 represents abstention. When a motion is
presented for vote, a numerical
countdown will commence on the screen.
It is only during this countdown that votes
can be recorded. No votes will be received
before or after the countdown, and only
votes cast on buttons 1, 2 or 3 will be ac-
cepted by the system. During the
countdown the little red light on each key
pad will be lit. It's not yet lit, folks. It's
coming. This is another indication that it
is time to respond. It is possible to change
your vote during the countdown. The com-
puter will always accept the last number
entered, so if you voted "yes" and you
thought, gee, I really ought to have voted
"no," you can change your vote while the
countdown is showing. Please remember
also that only one response will be taken
from each pad. So pushing the button 10
times will not get you 10 votes. As the
countdown reaches zero, the voting is
closed and a graph appears indicating the
actual number of votes for and against as
well as the percentage of votes "yeah" and
"neigh" options. We now will demonstrate
the system.
For this purpose we will assume a mo-
tion is before you. We request that those
in Section A vote yes. Not yet, folks. But-
ton number 1, right? Those in Section D
don't like this motion and will vote no on
button number 2. And those in the center
two sections vote any way your heart
desires. Bishop Himt will now call for the
vote.
BISHOP HUNT: The motion is sup-
posed to be before you. Please vote now.
(applause) The motion prevails. You folks
out there can't believe how relieved I am.
WOODRING: Bishop Hunt, last night
we were going over this, and he suggested
that we try this a second time so we might
become accustomed to this new manner of
voting. For this vote, all those in the cen-
ter of the hall, Sections B and C, think of
the petition you would really like to see
passed. Those in Section A think about the
one petition in all the world you would like
to see defeated, and those in Section D,
you're really not sure how to vote, so you
visually flip a coin and you all vote accord-
ingly. Bishop Hunt, wOl you please call the
motion?
BISHOP HUNT: Please vote now.
Again the motion prevails.
WOODRING: You have now ex-
perienced the new voting system, which is
designed to save time as well as ensure the
accuracy of the count.
BISHOP HUNT: All right. In the back.
Section B, microphone 14.
BILL WALKER (Oregon-Idaho):
Bishop, a question about the countdown.
Does it give enough time for the transla-
tion to be made? I have a feeling it does
not for some of our delegates.
BISHOP HUNT: All right. Dr. Woodr-
ing.
WOODRING: The translation at that
point is only three key words, which all the
bishops will be utilizing: Please vote now.
That is the only part that gets close to the
time of the voting, so you have the three
words. Please vote now, is the key for the
computer system. And as we proceed, Bill,
I would think that they would become ac-
customed to those three key words. There
is no speaking during the time of the
voting.
WALKER: Bishop, I hope that we are
sensitive, at least as we begin to practice
this procedure, because I really fear that
we are mechanizing some folks out of the
process.
BISHOP HUNT: Thank you. I see one
here, and then I'll come here. Yes, the
woman. ..will you go to microphone 4
please?
JUNE GOLDMAN (Iowa): Bishop, I'd
like to have you explain why we had only
610 total votes recorded. I understood that
we did have a quorum of 960 some. Either
three hundred and some people are not
voting, or it was not recording accurately
the total number that were cast.
BISHOP HUNT: All right, is there an
answer to this inquiry?
WOODRING: Some may not be voting,
or secondly some may not be in their seats.
The system was tested a number of times
and we will test it again, but if everybody
votes it should add up to the number that
are presently in their seats.
BISHOP HUNT: All right, was there
a.. .that was your concern. All right, I see
someone in the very back, a woman,
microphone 11.
THELMA JOHNSON (West Ohio): I
know that we have tested the system, oh,
I'm Thelma Johnson, West Ohio.
BISHOP HUNT: YES
JOHNSON: I know that we have tested
the system, but I'm concerned about
during the process of time is there any way
of knowing whether or not something
does happen to some of these that will not
record as we begin to vote. A test that
began, at the very beginning, I don't know
whether it would hold through the entire
WOODRING: The system is checked
before and after each session. Each one of
these buttons is checked to assure that it
is recording.
BISHOP HUNT: All right, sir,
microphone 4
MILES: John MUes, Little Rock, Arkan-
sas, I appreciate, sir...
BISHOP HUNT: John MUes, Little
Rock, Arkansas.
MILES: I appreciate, sir, you testing it;
but I would like to move that we test it
right now and that everybody in here vote
and let's see how many yes votes we get up
there.
BISHOP HUNT: All right, that is a mo-
tion. Are you ready? We will do this by
hand. If you are in favor of the motion to
test, lift your hand. Opposed? And we shall
test. The motion prevails. All right, are
you ready now? Everyone is to vote yes.
Please vote now. Well.. .we have.. .we have
fewer than those who are here, certainly.
Will you comment on this, Doctor?.
WOODRING: You can hardly imagine
how I have been dreading this moment.
We will check and have the people with
the company check the electronic voting
system again at the dose of this session
and do it the old-fashioned way with the
show of hands... I would suggest for the
remainder of this session because if you
are only getting 400.. .let me, would you
mind, Bishop, if I asked them a question?
Is there anyone who's keypad did not have
the red button showing.
BISHOP HUNT: Yes, many.
WOODRING: OK Thank you, that
answers some of our question right there.
BISHOP HUNT: May I see, sir, what
your point is? Microphone 3.
MOORE: Roy Moore, Iowa.
WOODRING: Roy Moore, Iowa.
MOORE: Bishop, I have a hunch that
we are not too slow, but we are too fast.
People are punching that button as soon
as you say, "Now," and before the numbers
appear on the screen; and, Dewayne, those
wouldn't count, would they?
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WOODRING: They would not count;
that is correct. Anything before the 9 but-
tons, the 9 shows, would not count.
BISHOP HUNT: All right,
WOODRING: I think they would like to
do it again, Bishop.
BISHOP HUNT: I think...! think, we
are ready to proceed at the suggestion of
Dr. Woodring with hand voting for the
remainder of this session and a test of the
system at the close of the session. Is that
what you asked for?
WOODRING: Well, I did untU this
gentleman mentioned that perhaps what
was happening was a number of the
delegates are pushing when you say --
"Please vote now" rather than waiting for
the red light and the 9.
BISHOP HUNT: All right, we can test
this very quickly. Everyone is to vote yes
and no one is to vote until the countdown
begins. Please vote now. I think we had
better vote by hand for the remainder of
this session.
WOODRING: All right, the firm supply-
ing this system to us indicated that we
were the first denomination to utilize this
innovative approach to voting. It's been
used by General Motors, General Electric
and so forth. Why it has to depend upon
me that it doesn't work, I don't know. OK,
thirdly. At the 1980 General Conference,
a new system was utilized which helped as-
sure an equal application of the time
limitation imposed upon individual
presentations, as well as those making
committee reports to the conference. The
timing device proved to be so successful
that it is once again being utilized at this
General Conference. The system is before
you. It is composed of green, yellow and
red lights which are set for the time limits
allowed. The green light comes on when
the speaker has 2 minutes remaining. The
yellow light is illuminated when 1 minute
remains to close. When the red light
comes on, the time is up and the presiding
officer will rap the gavel.
For the second time in the long history
of General Conferences, we are providing
simultaneous translations by electronic
means for the elected delegates requiring
such services. Utilizing wireless equip-
ment, all plenary sessions and worship
services are being translated into five lan-
guages, and broadcast to special receivers
designed for use by the individual
delegates. Translations of the proceedings
are currently in French, German,
Spanish, Portuguese, and Korean. Any
delegate requiring translations may check
out a headset for each session by stopping
by Room 116.
For those persons requiring sign lan-
guage, the section of the hall by Section A
has been set aside for this purpose. Signers
will be there to convey the proceedings
within this area. It is our sincere hope that
through the use of the image magnifica-
tion, the new electronic voting system, the
automatic timing device, wireless inter-
pretation, and the signers for those with
hearing impairment, that the efficiency of
the conference will be enhanced and it will
be more meaningful to you, the par-
ticipants. Thank you so much.
BISHOP HUNT: Thank you, sir. (ap-
plause)
FRANCES ALGUIRE: The Commis-
sion on the General Conference recom-
mends that the per diem allowance be set
at $55 per day for the days that the
delegate is in attendance at the sessions of
the conference, April 26 through May 6. 1
move this recommendation.
BISHOP HUNT: Is there any question?
If you will approve this recommendation,
lift your hand. Opposed? And it is ap-
proved.
FRANCES ALGUIRE: At this time,
may I present Dr. Clifford Droke, general
secretary and treasurer of the General
Council on Finance and Administration
and General Conference treasurer. Please
listen very carefully as he gives instruc-
tions and information regarding filing of
travel expense vouchers and the issuance
of checks. Dr. Droke...
BISHOP HUNT: Dr. Droke.
CLIFFORD DROKE: Clifford Droke.
Bishop, if I take the word of the General
Conference secretary, there are some 964
persons who are interested in this; if I
depend upon the voting machines, there
are some 513. However, many of you who
are present and are interested in having a
portion of your expenses reimbursed
might want to pay attention to this
presentation. The delegates are going to
receive two expense reimbursement
checks during the course of the General
Conference. The first one that you will
receive this week is for travel; the second
one, which you will receive next week is
for the per diem expense, that is, the daUy
allowance of the $55 for housing and
meals. As you arrived today and took
places at your desk, the chairpersons of
each delegation should have discovered
waiting an envelope containing travel ex-
pense vouchers for all members of their
delegations. It is the chairs of the delega-
tions who are responsible for distributing
those expense vouchers to you, receiving
them back from you, approving them, and
then submitting them to the General Con-
ference Treasurer's office, which is in
Room 272, second floor of this building,
far south wall. Delegates are asked to care-
fully read the instructions related to the
allowable expenses. They're on the
reverse side of those travel expense
vouchers. Any questions you have can be
addressed either to your delegation chair-
persons; or if additional information or as-
sistance is needed, to the staff of the
Treasurer's office in Room 272. That of-
fice also has available a staff person who
has the particular responsibility for assist-
ing delegates to the General Conference
who come from lands other than the USA.
We're asking delegates to complete those
travel expense vouchers as promptly as
possible, give them back to the chairper-
son of your delegation so they're ap-
proved. Chairpersons, collect them all
together; it will help us in the office; bring
them to the Treasurer's office. If we can
have them no later than Wednesday, that
is, tomorrow, before the evening session
begins, it will be possible for you to have
in hand on Friday these travel expense
checks. Please note that the per diem
checks that we will be processing next
week, when we'll distribute vouchers on
Monday, you'll get them back to us Wed-
nesday, we'll get you the checks on Friday.
Those per diem checks will only be for
the 11 days from the opening to the clos-
ing of the General Conference, so that if,
for example, you had to travel in here
yesterday and you had some meal expen-
ses, perhaps some housing expenses re-
lated to that because it was essential for
travel reasons for you to be here, you are
to charge those actual expenses up to the
$55 per day, per diem, limit on the voucher
that you are handling now and the same
thing if on the other end of the trip you
have to stay here or you're traveling and
you're going to buy some meals, give as ac-
curate an estimate as you can of what
those expenses will be and submit that on
this travel expense voucher. The per diem
of voucher will be simply eleven days, $55
a day, $605 a month. The only other thing
I have. Bishop, are-well two things really-
-some of you may want to cash personal
checks while you're here in St. Louis.
We've made an arrangement for that so
that there should be no difficulty what-
soever, if you do a couple things: 1) If you'll
make the personal check out in any
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AprU 27, 1988
amount up to $100, make the check pay-
able to the Mercantile Bank, bring the
bank...the check by theTreasurer's Office,
Room 272, have us stamp it, initial it; and
then you can take it three blocks south,
that-a-way down 8th Street, to the Mer-
cantile Bank on the comer of 8th and
Locust; and they should cash it with no
problem. If you've got a pen in hand, let
me give you three references that may be
helpful: 1) If three days from now you
want to cash a personal check and you
can't remember a thing I said because you
were still intrigued with the marvels of the
electronic age, you might want to note
that page 5 contains the instructions, page
5 of today's DCA contains the instructions
about personal check cashing and that
B14 Advance Daily Christian Advocate
(page 14 in Edition B) contains the rules
of this conference related to delegates' ex-
pense. And that concludes this an-
nouncement, Bishop.
BISHOP HUNT: Thank you, sir.
ALGUIRE: I wish to report that the
Commission on the General Conference
has selected Louisville, Kentucky, as the
site for the 1992 General Conference. The
dates of the conference will be May 5-15,
1992. We express thanks to Bishop Paul
Duffey and the members of the Louisville
Annual Conference for this invitation. My
sincere thanks to members of the staff of
United Methodist Communications for
their thorough news coverage of General
Conference. We have greatly appreciated
Robert Lear's work with the commission
during this past quadrennium. In closing,
I wish to share a favorite quote from Mary
McCloud Bethune, missionary-minded
educator and founder of Bethune-Cook-
man College. I quote: "Stand with your feet
pointing the way to a better world." These
are your moments now; your vision ex-
tends; your creative ability is getting into
action." End quote. These are our mo-
ments. I pray that God will point our feet
in the right direction and give us clear
vision for action today and in eveiy tomor-
row, (applause
BISHOP HUNT: We express great ap-
preciation to these who have labored in
our behalf so faithfully and who have here
reported to us. The report of the Commis-
sion on the General Conference is before
yoiL If you will approve it as a whole, lift
your hand. Opposed? And it is approved. I
turn now to Dr. Frank Nestler to report
for the Committee on Plan of Organiza-
tion and Rules of Order.
FRANK NESTLER: You have the
report of our committee in the Advance
Edition B. I am going to select certain
items of priority nature because it does not
appear that we would finish this report in
time for us to do what comes at 4:30, so let
me pick out several and take them first.
And then we will pick the others up later.
We have some elections to follow. If you
will turn to B-5, IV, Secretarial Staff.
BISHOP HUNT: Yes, over here, sir.
Microphone 5. Well, will you go to another
microphone; that doesn't seem to be ac-
tive. Back to 10, please.
MARK BLAISING (Northern Indiana):
Bishop Hunt and members of the con-
ference, I would like to make a motion
relative to a nomination, but I think in
order to do that I need a suspension of the
rules. Is that correct?
BISHOP HUNT: Well, I think perhaps
we had better know what the motion is.
BLAISING: All right. In that I know
that there are at least three petitions relat-
ing to the office of the Secretary-designate
of the General Conference, I would move
that when the report of the Nominating
Committee is given on today's agenda that
the nomination for the position of
Secretary-designate of the General Con-
ference be deferred until the petitions
relating to the Secretary-designate have
been acted upon by the appropriate legis-
lative group and the General Conference.
BISHOP HUNT: Well, it is seconded.
Now, Dr. Nestler, is this the place? I do not
know what you were dealing with when
you announced this portion of the report.
NESTLER: I was not dealing with that
particular part. I was dealing...
BISHOP HUNT: I would have to say
that that part, that that particular motion
would not be in order now. It would come
at the time the nominations are to be
heard.
BLAISING: Thank you very much.
BISHOP HUNT: Please continue. Doc-
tor.
NESTLER: IV, on B-5, Secretarial Staff.
The reason we want this before you is, as
you can see in the boldface type, we are
making some changes. Section B: "Other
persons from the ministry or lay member-
ship of The United Methodist Church
shall be selected by the Secretary of the
General Conference and, after approval by
the Commission on the General Con-
ference, shall form the secretarial support
staff." You can see by the deleted lines
what essentially we are doing is changing
it from an election by this group to a selec-
tion by the Secretary of the General Con-
ference after approval by the Commission
on the General Conference. It does not
seem appropriate that some of the work is
done before they ever get here. The
Secretary needs this staff, has the staff
working, and then to come to the site of
the General Conference and have them
elected after they have been working for a
period of time. It has been perfunctory to
elect, so the recommendation here is
simply that they be selected by the
Secretary of the General Conference, but
that there be accountability after approval
by the Commission on the General Con-
ference. So I'll move that Section B be
changed as is worded here in the report.
BISHOP HUNT: It is before you. If you
will approve this motion, lift your hand.
Opposed? And it is approved.
NESTLER: Section D under secretarial
staff is a really sort of putting into the ac-
count what has been done after ascertain-
ing that petitions, resolutions, and regular
communications in hand and dealing with
the regular business of the conference
meet the requirements therein specified
in the Discipline Par. 608. The secretary
shall prepare the same for reference to the
appropriate standing administrative, or
legislative committee subject to review by
the Committee on Reference. This is keep-
ing with procedure, but we wanted it espe-
cially stated here so it would be under the
duties of the secretarial staff. I move its
adoption.
BISHOP HUNT: Ifyou will approve this
motion, lift your hand. Opposed? And it is
approved.
NESTLER: Section E has to do with the
tellers. If you will turn to B-9, the right-
hand column towards the bottom, you'll
see "9 tellers" that's been stricken there.
What we have done is essentially move
that over as the responsibility of the
secretary and grouped it here, rather than
putting it under the committees; for it's
not actually a committee in the sense that
the others are committees. It's not
the.. .the only change is that if a person
who is appointed as a teller is elected as an
officer of a standing committee, he or she
shall cease serving as a teller and a replace-
ment teller shall be appointed by the
secretary. The names of the tellers shall be
printed in the Daily Christian Advocate. I
move the adoption of each.
BISHOP HUNT: Ifyou wiU approve this
motion, lift a hand. Opposed? And it is ap-
proved.
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DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
NESTLER: In Section F, the only
change there is that instead of making the
work of the secretary being supervised by
the entire Commission on the General
Conference, we thought there would be
times when the Executive Committee
would have to act on behalf of the commis-
sion and so we specifically worded that the
work of the secretary shall be supervised
by the Executive Committee of the Com-
mission on the General Conference, and I
move that change.
BISHOP HUNT: If you will approve this
motion, lift your hand. Opposed? And it is
approved.
NESTLER: Now I want to move to B- 10,
Section C, Standing Legislatives Commit-
tees. Let me first of all say that the 1984
General Conference gave the Plan and Or-
ganization Committee the authority.. .the
interim authority to determine the num-
ber and responsibilities of the standing
legislative committees for the General
Conference. And so this Section C is a
report that we have come up with to meet
that requirement. There is one correction
I need to make. If you will note, under 6,
General Administration, we have listed
para. 747, but if you will look under Com-
mittee 2, Conferences, we also have para.
747 listed. It should probably belong with
the Conferences and should be stricken
from General Administration. This error
was an oversight when we brought every-
thing together and did not clear then. We
have one other action that is of a little dif-
ferent nature. Following the setup of these
committees, the sending of the forms to
the appropriate secretaries of the annual
conferences listing the standing legisla-
tive committees and their responsibilities,
it was brought to our attention that there
needed to be correlation between
paragraphs 2620 and 2626, which you will
find under Committee 9, Independent
Commissions and Judicial Administra-
tion, with certain paragraphs that are to
be found in Number 11, Ordained and
Diaconal Ministry. Our first response to
that was that since we had already sent out
the forms that it would remain as is. In fur-
ther dialogue and discussion brought the
conmiittee to the opinion that there is a
legitimate concern so that there is consis-
tency of language and consistency of ap-
proach with the paragraphs— 450
paragraphs primarily, I believe-in the Or-
dained and Diaconal Ministry with this ac-
tion of investigation trials and appeals.
NESTLER: We were not exactly sure
what authority we had, and when those
committees became the authority.. .be-
came the possession of the General Con-
ference. But we are announcing, subject to
your approval, that Paragraphs 2620 and
2626 will be transferred from Committee
No. 9, Independent Commissions and
Judicial Administration, to Committee
No. 11, Ordained and Diaconal Ministry.
BISHOP HUNT: If there is no objec-
tion, I guess that will stand. That's an an-
nouncement subject to... Yes? Is this a
comment on this particular point? Come
to microphone 7.
VERNON BIGLER (Western New
York): Vernon Bigler, Western New York.
It seems to me, sir, that this matter of 2620
and 2000 paragraphs should be sent to the
Committee on Judicial Matters. I am
wondering at this point if the chair of this
committee who is reporting would see any
wisdom in establishing a joint conversa-
tion committee between these two legisla-
tive groups so that we could work at it in
that manner. Would you comment on
that, sir?
NESTLER: Yes. One of the criticisms
that came to us was that four years ago
these two worked in opposite directions
and there was not that kind of com-
munication, and therefore they felt that
they should be brought together and dealt
with by the same committee. I am not in
a position to...
BIGLER: Would it be appropriate, Mr.
Chair, for me to move that the assign-
ments be left as they are with the option
of these two committees to consult on
them? If so, I would like to so move.
BISHOP HUNT: Be left as it is under
No. 9?
BIGLER: Yes, sir.
BISHOP HUNT: This is...
NESTLER: I think there are some judi-
cial matters that are very significant there
that need to be looked from at a point of
view other than the Board of Ministry.
BISHOP HUNT: Are you ready to move
the adoption of this now.. .portion of the
report now?
NESTLER: Well, I was ready. If they
want to do this...
BISHOP HUNT: Well, I think it would
be proper to make the motion and then let
him amend it.
NESTLER: I '11 move the adoption of the
legislative committees as printed with the
correction and the action on 2620, 2626.
BISHOP HUNT: Now do you wish to
make the amendment now. Dr. Bigler?
BIGLER: This has caught me by
surprise, but I'll try. I move that.. .We have
not voted on this motion yet, have we?
BISHOP HUNT: No.
BIGLER: So I would move to amend
that these matters of paragraphs 2000 and
2600 be left in Committee No. 9 and that
that committee be requested to consult
with the Committee on Ministry concern-
ing these matters.
BISHOP HUNT: Is it seconded? It is
seconded. Do you wish to speak further on
it?
BIGLER: No, sir. I think I have made
my statement. Thank you.
BISHOP HUNT: All right. Does anyone
wish to speak against this motion to
amend? All right? Yes. On the left?
Anyone who wishes to speak on this mo-
tion to amend? All right. If you are in favor
of the amendment, lift your hand. Op-
posed? If you are in favor of the amend-
ment, will you stand? Thank you. If you're
opposed, wOl you stand? As the chair sees
it, the motion to amend is approved.
NESTLER: Mr. Chairman, may I just
call attention that all changes proposed in
this report must be approved by a two-
thirds vote?
BISHOP HUNT: Yes, and that would
include the amendment, thank you. It is
not approved by a two-thirds vote, I would
say. No, it did not prevail; it did not have
the two-thirds vote necessary. Thank yoa
All right, microphone 3.
BOYD MATHER (IOWA): Boyd Math-
er, Iowa Conference.
BISHOP HUNT: Yes.
BOYD MATHER: Question about
whether an amendment to this would
have to have the two-thirds. I understand
that the report must have it, but cannot be
amended by simple majority.
BISHOP HUNT: Well, my colleagues
tell me that they think it can be amended
by a simple majority, because the final
vote will determine the two-thirds matter.
So... I would say what I said first, that the
amendment does prevail. You may go
ahead. Doctor.
BOYD MATHER: I'm not arguing for or
against the motion, that's why we brought
it here, because we were quite certain, but
let me read Rule 38: "The Plan of Or-
ganization of these Rules of Order may be
amended or changed by a two-thirds vote
of the Conference; provided the proposed
change or amendment has originated in
the Committee on the Plan Organization-
Rules of Order, or has been presented to
the Conference in writing and referred to
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April 27, 1988
this committee, which committee shall
report thereon, not later than the follow-
ing day."
BISHOP HUNT: Well, I guess Rule 37
would indicate that it would have to be an
amendment. Just a moment, please, while
we're trying to make this decision. Rule 37
apparently applies here, and a motion to
amend would have to have a two-thirds
majority, which this motion did not.
Therefore, the motion did not prevail. No,
yes, I'll hear your point, of course.
Microphone 12. What is your point?
LEONARD SLUTZ (West Ohio): Mr.
Chairman, Leonard Slutz, West Ohio.
BISHOP HUNT: Yes, Leonard Slutz,
West Ohio.
SLUTZ: My point of order is that Vem
Bigler was not changing the rules. It was
the recommendation by Dr. Nestler that
we change the rules. The rules as printed
had these particular paragraphs in Com-
mittee 9, and Brother Nestler wanted to
change it, but he didn't change it by a two-
thirds vote; it wasn't changed. Instead,
Vern Bigler, with his amendment,
prevailed.
BISHOP HUNT: Well, this...the chair
feels that the suggestion made by Dr.
Nestler did constitute a proposed change.
SLUTZ: But his motion was not carried by
a two-thirds vote, which we needed. In
fact, his motion did not even carry.
BISHOP HUNT: It has not been put.
SLUTZ: No, so it has not yet been
changed. Therefore, Dr. Bigler's motion
was very much in order, and it passed by
a very substantial majority. We have not
yet amended the riiles as printed.
BISHOP HUNT: That's correct.
SLUTZ: Therefore, Dr. Bigler's motion
was in order.
BISHOP HUNT: That's correct, and I
would have to say that your point is well
taken because Rule 37 applies to the
amendment of the rules, and the rules
have not yet been amended. All right. Dr.
Bigler's motion does prevail. All right.
And you thought electronic gadgets were
the only fun we were going to have! All
right.
NESTLER: I just reported as the com-
mittee wanted it reported.
BISHOP HUNT: WeU, there's someone
over here; just a moment. Yes?
Microphone
THOMAS MOORE (East Ohio):
Bishop, I am assuming the motion is still
before us as amended and I wish to place
another amendment, sir.
BISHOP HUNT: All right.
MOORE: I rise in recognition of the lay
people because trials involve lay people as
well as elders and diaconal ministers. And
you are wishing to have consultation with
a board that involves diaconal ministers
and elders. And I say that if you wish to
begin consultation, you should refer also
to a committee which involves lay people.
And I assume then that that should be the
Committee on Discipleship, where Lay
Life and Work is housed. And hence I
move that we involve also consultation
with the Committee on Discipleship, for
the reason that I have expressed Lay
people are involved here, also.
HUNT: All right, is it seconded? All
right, are you ready to vote on this?
If you will approve this amendment, lift
your hand. Opposed? And it does not
receive approval. Now, Doctor.
NESTLER: Let's turn then to the stand-
ing administrative committees, IV on B-7.
I will go through these and only call atten-
tion where you feel it is...
HUNT: Now we have not voted yet on
your motion. Are you ready to vote on the
chair's motion? If you... yes, microphone 4.
VICTOR GOLDSCHMIDT (North In-
diana): Goldschmidt, North Indiana.
BISHOP HUNT: Goldschmidt, North
Indiana.
GOLDSCHMIDT: This may be the
wrong time. I want to be sure we can do it,
so let me try this amendment to Frank's
motion, which I believe is before us.
BISHOP HUNT: His motion is before
you.
(X)LDSCHMIDT: The motion will be
amended to include the following: 'When
a report to a legislative committee in-
cludes in its recommendations discipli-
nary changes, then such changes, if
presently assigned to another legislative
committee, shall be reassigned to the same
committee where the report is being
presented" If there's a second, I'll try to
explain it.
BISHOP HUNT: It's seconded
GOLDSCHMIDT: I hereby try to ex-
plain it. As two examples. Legislative
CJommittee No. 6 is receiving a report from
the connection, which propose changes to
the Discipline. Article 111. That change in
the Discipline. Ill, however, has been as-
signed to the Local Church Legislative
Committee. Another example: the report
on stewardship is also presented to Legis-
lative Committee No. 6, the recommended
disciplinary changes 1215 are assigned to
Discipleship. I think we're headed for
chaos if we don't try to amend this.
NESTLER: May I respond as best I can
to that, Bishop?
BISHOP HUNT: Well, let's see first if
we have any speech on the floor. There is
an amendment before you. You have
heard its explanation. Does someone wish
to oppose it? (no response) Then I will
recognize you, sir, to respond.
NESTLER: We recognize it is not pos-
sible to always, uh, put the paragraphs in
the appropriate committee to the sense
that it will exclude everything else. The
difference between what I was proposing a
moment ago and now what's available
once we've come to the site of the con-
ference: the Plan of Organization felt that
they were making a decision prior to com-
ing to the scene of the conference. The
only question was whether this report was
in your hands at the time that the original
forms were sent out to the secretaries. We
made this decision along in January or
February to do this and report in this man-
ner, but because we were a little unsure of
who had possession of it, we left it to the
decision of this group. We now have a
Ckjmmittee on Reference in place, and if a
committee feels that they are dealing with
a subject that some other committee also
has, they can request to have that referred
to their committee or they can refer theirs
to the other committee, so there is a
process once we're here to take care of
those things that arise. I don't know of any
way we can make it 100 per cent effective
simply because sometimes it's subject
matter, and subject matters do go to two
or three committees. We've done the best
we can by trying to make these paragraphs
fit according to the Discipline, but there is
a Reference Committee, which now has
the means of the communication between
the legislative committees to accomplish
what you're talking about, Victor, I think,
here on the site of the conference.
BISHOP HUNT: All right. Thank you.
Are you ready to vote on this amendment?
Yes? Microphone 4.
REX BEVINS (Nebraska): Rex Bevins,
Nebraska. I request that the motion be
read, the Goldschmidt motion.
BISHOP HUNT: Does the secretarial
staff have it? Would you read it, please?
FAITH RICHARDSON: When a report
to a legislative committee includes in its
recommendations disciplinary changes,
then such changes, if properly assigned ...
oh boy, you can't read this...uh, if proper-
ly assigned to another legislative commit-
tee, shall be assigned to the same
committee in making the report when the
April 27, 1988
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
91
report is being presented. It is very dif-
ficult to read this.
BISHOP HUNT: AU right, I'll let the
maker of the motion restate it, only that,
please.
GOLDSCHMIDT: I apologize.
BISHOP HUNT: Microphone 4.
GOLDSCHMIDT: You should see what
my students say when I write on the over-
head projector. I'll try again. I apologize.
Faith. (Goldschmidt rereads amend-
ment.) I might add, it's only the changes
which are being referred to.
BISHOP HUNT: All right, thank you.
Are you ready now? If you will approve this
amendment, lift your hand. Opposed?
And it is not approved. All right, are you
ready now to vote on this motion that the
chair of the committee has made for this
portion of the report? If you will approve
it as you have amended it, lift your hand.
Opposed? And it is approved. All right,
let's turn to...
NESTLER: Bishop, I see there is only
about ten minutes left. Do you have other
items...
BISHOP HUNT: Well, we have many
other items.. .yes.. .we... I wish to call the
house's attention respectfully to the fact
that we must organize the legislative com-
mittees this afternoon and I'm sure that
we will accommodate our discussions to be
helpful there.
NESTLER: We can postpone, I think,
the rest of this 'til tomorrow if it will help
the process because we've done the things
that need to be done so they can organize
the legislative committees.
BISHOP HUNT: Very well, I think it
would be helpful. Thank you sir. Now the
Committee on Credentials, Mr. Oden who
is reporting for that committee... well then
I'll call for the committee for the.. .for
nominations. Dr. Richardson, Secretary.
RICHARDSON: Bishop Hunt and
delegates, I present in nomination the
name of Merle W. Drennon as Coor-
dinator of Calendar.
BISHOP HUNT: Are you ready? If you
will approve this nomination lift your
hand. Opposed? And it is approved. Thank
you. Are there nominations from the
secretary of the Council of Bishops?
BISHOP DUFFEY: Mr. Chairman, we
place in nomination the following persons
to serve on the committee on Plan of Or-
ganization and Rules of Order for the next
quadrennium: Bruce P. Blake, Jeriy G.
Bray, Jr., Jonah Chang, Anita Fenster-
macher, Charlene Helton, Eldon B.
Mahon, Nathanael Manuel, William A.
McCartney, Charles A. Sayre, Connie J.
Takamine.
BISHOP HUNT: Are there any ques-
tions or other nominations? If you will ap-
prove these, lift your hand. Opposed? And
they are approved.
BISHOP DUFFEY: Mr. Chairman, we
are prepared to present in nomination a
name for the office of Secretary Designate
of the General Conference. I think there
was a motion earlier.
BISHOP HUNT: Yes, and I recognize
you Sir, Microphone Number 5.
MARCUS BLAISING: Bishop Hunt,
members of the conference, I would like to
make a motion relative to the office of the
Secretary Designate of the General Con-
ference. Therefore, I move that when this
report of the nominating committee is
given on today's agenda that the nomina-
tion for the position of Secretary Desig-
nate of the General Conference be
deferred until the petitions relating to the
Secretary Designate have been acted upon
by the appropriate legislative group and by
the General Conference.
BISHOP HUNT: Alright, now, we know
what your motion is and, as you indicated
earlier, our ability to entertain it, will
depend upon a suspension of the rules.
The rule applicable in this plan of or-
ganization is on B-5 of the Advance Addi-
tion of the DCA and under rule Number
37, as has already been cited, the suspen-
sion of any portion of the Plan of Or-
ganization or of these Rules of Order
requires a two-thirds vote by the body.
The item for the nomination.. .the item of
the nomination of a Secretary Designate
is scheduled for this opening session of
General Conference. Is there a motion
that we suspend the rules at this point in
order to entertain the motion that has
been suggested? All right. Yes, this is
a.. .we.. .we have a motion to suspend the
rules. Is this a point of order?
FAY CLEVELAND: Point of informa-
tion.
BISHOP HUNT: Microphone 7.
CLEVELAND: Fay Cleveland, Western
New York Conference.
BISHOP HUNT: Cleveland, Western
New York.
CLEVELAND: Sir, I am wondering,
have we adopted the rules of order? These
rules are from the 1984 Session and they
obtain until the 1988 rules have been
adopted.
BISHOP HUNT: Are you ready? If you
will suspend this rule on B-5 Section B, the
election of the Secretary Designate, lift
your hand. Opposed? And it does not
receive the required two-thirds majority.
You may proceed.
CLEVELAND: Mr. Chairman, we are
prepared to place in nomination the name
of Dr. C. Faith Richardson for the office of
Secretary Designate for the coming quad-
rennium.
BISHOP HUNT: All right, yes, I see. Is
there another nomination? Microphone 8.
STEVEN MOTT (Southern New
England): I move the nominations be
BISHOP DUFFEY: Is it seconded? The
chair saw no one else trying to get the floor
at the time this delegate requested it and
the motion is to close nominations. It's
seconded. All right. Is this a point of
order?
MOTT: Yes, it's a point of order.
BISHOP DUFFEY: Microphone 3.
SAM PHILLIPS (South Indiana): I
guess it's a question of information first,
rather than a point of order. On the action
that we took, the motion, as I understood
it, was to delay the nominations until...
BISHOP DUFFEY: Now that has been
determined, that motion could not be
entertained because we did not suspend
the rules.
SAM PHILUPS: Was the two-thirds re-
quirement necessary on that particular
motion?
BISHOP DUFFEY: Yes, sir, it was. Now,
we are under the motion to close nomina-
tions. If you will approve it, lift your hand.
I beg your pardon, I did not see someone
over there. All right, I'll suspend the
voting long enough to hear what this is.
This is an important matter. Microphone
10.
FRANK FURMAN (Florida): Bishop,
Frank Furman, Lay, Florida.
BISHOP DUFFEY: Frank Furman,
Florida.
FRANK FURMAN: Sir, we at this table
heard a nomination, and then we heard an
immediate motion to dose nominations.
This is too much like a railroad, sir. If
there are other nominations, I think time
should be allowed for them.
BISHOP DUFFEY: Now, let the chair
respond to that. The chair asked if there
were other nominations. The gentleman,
the delegate, received the floor and made
the motion to dose nominations. Now, if
we have other nominations or if you wish
to be sure that this privilege is honored,
you will simply vote against this motion to
dose nominations. Is that dear? If you are
in favor of the motion to close nomina-
i)2
DAILY CI litis ri AN ADVOCATE
April 27, 1988
tloiiN, lift your hiind. OpponoilV And llu-
inotiDi) (iiMi* not pri<vnil. Arv there other
noininiilloii.tV Yiv, I mv Nomet>ne here iit
mirn)phoiie f).
SAM PIIILI.irS NhiniiiK nround the
rDiircreiu'e, Soul I) liidiiinn Cont'ereiu'e: I'd
like lo phii-e in noniiniition the iiiune of
Caiolvii Miiihhnll.
HISHOI" DUKKKY: The iiitnie ..I
fiu'olyn MiunIwiII l.spliu-ed in noniiniilion.
Aiv tliere olher niiniiniilion.s? The chtiir
KiVH no one else .stvkinK I he floor. There
nre now two noniinntionit for the ofTlix< ul'
S«Hietiir>' deNiKniile. We do not eltvt
today. The time for the elivtion is
seheduU'd duMiiK tluw Netwions hy the
nttiMtdn ii>niniitt«>f and the noniinnlion.s
now «n< elo.sed and tlie elivtion will be be-
tween tl>e two noniiniH'.s. Thiink you very
much. Now then, the ivport of the Com
nutttvon A^endn Brother Hivnn.
JOHN lUVAN: Bishop lUint, 1 have an
agenda whii'l) the A^jenda Commit tiH> thitt
morninH pivpartM for tomorrow. In the
meantime, this arterniH»n ha.s happened. I
don't know if I have the nutliority to net a
quick polling of the ctimmiltiv, Or.
Ne.stler tells me tlu-y will nivd about thir-
ty minutes, he thmks, tomorrow, which
\vi> had not biult into tonuirrow's agenda.
I think I have a sense of the auumitttv,
und they would not objivt to our addiuK
thai in, but I don't know if that is permi.s-
sihle.
BISHOP Ml'NT: Well, if you want to
take that authority as the rhnir...
BIVAN: I'll lake it and imvt with the
i-omnuttiv tomorn>w tf they don'l like it.
0\\ that basis then we have an nxemln for
tonuuniw, Oo you want nu" to detail it at
this n>adn\|;'.'
BISHOP HUNT; I think it would be
helpt\il, sir.
BIVAN : At 9:(H)-l):30 wp wUl have the in •
trx>duction of the laity-addn'ss maker and
the laity addn«ss. J);;U)-rt:;ir> we will have a
prt^sentation by The UnittM Methodist
Publishinn House. 1):;1.'>-S).40 we will have
a matter i^imvrninn the trustit»s of theold
J<din StriH'l United Melhodiat Church.
lt:4() !>;45 we will have eUvtion of Inter-
juristliclional Commit t«v on Kpiacopacy.
Herecommittiv I am inaertinK. H:45-l():ir)
wo will return to, and we trust, complete
the report of the ('ommillw on Flan of Or-
gnni/alion and Kules of Order. 10:15-
H):1H we will have the report for the
anentla for Thursday. U);1H we trust we
will ai^ourn to legislative H(>Nsions.
BISI lOP HUNT; Thankyou very much.
Now are there.. .yi>«, I se«'
you...micropht)ne 7.
BOB WATKILS (Texas): Bob Waters,
Texas Conf«'reiuv.
BISHOP HUNT: Bob Waters, Texas
Conference.
BOB WATERS: Bishop, 1 do not wish to
olTer the ri-solution if it would be more ap-
pn)priate, in view of his comment about
additional agenda items tomorrow. I do
not want to have the matter delayed day
after day and never be able to amend the
aj^Mida report. Is it proper that 1 oITer an
amendment to the report of the ARenda
Committtv at this time'.'
BISHOP HUN T: The report is not ac-
tually before the body. It would be better
for you to hold that amendment until
tomorrow.
WATKI^: Thank you. sir.
BISHOP HUNT: Thank you. Now then,
the announcements that are neces.sary at
thistime. There is one which thechair will
midte. and then a moment of high
priviU>jje as we close t he aHernoon session.
Dr. Richard.son, are there an-
nounivment.s'.'
FAITH RICHARDSON; 1 have none,
sir.
BISHOP HUNT: The deloRntw.and
this ia the important matter to which I al-
luded. The dele(jati>s an> to go immediate-
ly for the orRnnijation of the Uvislative
commit tix^s, that is for the nuvting of the
liVi.slative committees, and are to follow
the riMim numbers as they are detailed on
pajje 2 1 of the DCA, which is on your desk
today. This is the correct list of room as-
signments. Yes, I sw a delegate.
Microphiuu*...
C.INNY CORDON (Central Illinois); 1
was wondering if we might leave materials
on the ditik or whether we need to tidte
i-verything with us.
BJSI lOP HUNT; Is there advice on this
from the sivretary or. Dr. Woodring, are
you here'.' All right, I do not know how to
respond to that. Yi-s. there's Ms. Alguire,
microphone 4.
FliANCKS ALGUIRE; It's perfectly
Hne lo U-aveyour working materials; jusl
do not leave valuables in here.
BISHOP HUNT: Thank you. that
answers our question. Now then, we hope
the working materials are valuable, but wc
know what Ms. Alguire meant. All right, I
would like to call upon a very distin-
gxiished and greatly beloved leader of our
church to offer the benediction for thus
id\ernoon's session. There are many ways
in which I could present him. I do not need
to introduce him. He has been a bishop of
our church for 40 years. This is his 18th
General Conference. He was world editor
of the Upper Room before being elected to
the epi.sin>pacy. He has left the trail of
bU>ssing across the world church. He
servtHi for a long time ils the Secretary of
the Council of Bishops. He is. to many of
u.s, a kind of father in God and has meant
more to me personally than I know how to
say. Will you stand and receive the
benediction fh)m Bishop Roy H. Short.
Tuesday Evening
April 26, 1988
Hymnal Sing, led by Dr. Carlton R.
Young
Prayer, led by Bishop Nolan B. Harmon
Episcopal Address. Bishop Jack M.
Tuell - sw page 78
A report of the Committee on Presiding
OfTtcers was made by James M. Walker.
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St. Louis, Missouri, Thursday, April 28, 1988
No. 3
Homosexual legislation set for Monday
Conference's first full day also includes Laity Address, Arch Event
Two issues due to receive major atten-
tion during the 1988 United Methodist
General Conference made their first ap-
pearance Wednesday. After about 30
minutes of discussion and motions, the
996 delegates set a special order of the
day for 10:30 a.m. Monday to deal with
all legislation pertaining to
homosexuality. A bid for a 90-minute
time limit on debate failed. Introducing
the motion, the Rev. Bob E. Waters,
Beaumont, Texas, said his Texas Con-
ference delegation believes that most
participants "came predisposed in mind"
as to how they will vote on the questions.
The 90-minute limit, he said, would
prevent "dissipat(ion) of energies that
need to be sjpent in many other crucial
concerns. "ITiere are three principal
places where changes in the Book of Dis-
cipline are proposed, and dozens of peti-
tions relating to one or another aspect of
the issue.
John Goodwin
Agenda
Thursday, April 28
9:00 a.m. Report of Council of
Bishops Mission Consulta-
tion
9:30 a.m. Courtesies
9:35 a.m. Agenda for Friday
Announcements
Presiding Bishop Commit-
tee Report
Adjournment to Legislative
Sessions
12:30 p.m. Lunch
2:30-5:00 p.m. Legislative Com-
mittees
7:30 p.m. Legislative Commit-
At noon, an estimated 200 United
Methodists met at the Gateway Arch to
"covenant together, united to work
together for an agriculture that is just,
participatory and sustainable." The rally
was sponsored by the United Methodist
Rural Fellowship, a caucus within the
church dedicated to furthering rural in-
terests. A major statement on agriculture
and the riiral crisis in the nation has
been introduced by the boards of Church
and Society and Global Ministries.The
996 voting delegates from the United
States, Africa, Europe and the Philip-
pines began the conference's second day
by listening to, and then applauding en-
thusiastically, the Laity Address given by
Joan G. Nagle, an engineer from Munys-
ville. Pa. "As followers of Christ," she
said, "we are called to faith, trust, adven-
ture in the service of our Lord, who ad-
mitted that he sends us forth as lambs
among wolves." Discipleship, she as-
serted, "may mean doing for love what
we would never dream of doing for
money." (Text of Laity Address is on
page 110).
Bishop James Mase Ault, Pittsburgh,
preached Wednesday at the fu^t of the
daily morning worship hours. The Rev.
Zan Holmes, Dallas, was the speaker at
the fu^t of eight afternoon services for
visitors.
Space in the comers of the conference
was hard to find Wednesday afternoon
as the 11 legislative committees broke
into sub-units to sift the more than 2,000
petitions from individual United
Methodists and groups, and resolutions
and Book of Discipline changes proposed
by denominational agencies. In most
cases, the sub-committee members pick-
ed up their chairs and moved to the edges
of the Cervantes Center's numerous
meeting rooms.
Some delegates and visitors found time
Wednesday to visit the extensive Cokes-
bury store. Note pads, tote bags and
commemorative copies of the present
hymnal were the early best sellers, clerks
said, with the facsimile copy of "John
Wesley's First Hymn Book" coming up
fast.
Conference participants in four St.
Louis hotels-Sheraton, Radisson, Day's
Inn and Holiday Inn-had an oportunity
to begin their day with the 6:30 a.m. spe-
cial 30-minute edition of the
denomination's "Catch the Spirit"
television program. The specials will be
shown each day on the hotels' dosed cir-
cuit systems.
-Robert Lew
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DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
April 28, 1988
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Sing out!
The choir (top) which provided leader-
ship for the Tuesday evening worship
service was made up of singers from
United Methodist churches in the Mis-
souri East Conference and the Southern
Illinois Conference. Leading the group
was Carlton R. Young (center), editor of
the proposed new Book of Hymns, and
Bernice Marner (lower right), music
coordinator for the local St. Louis com-
mittee. She is Missouri East UMW presi-
dent and a member of Green Trails UMC
in West St. Louis County. Also serving as
a song leader was Willetta Atkinson
(lower left), assistant director for con-
gregational singing for the General Con-
ference and choir director at Union
Memorial UMC in St. Louis
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$34.50 if picked up at the DCA booth (final issues
mailed 1st class); $57.50 mailed daily from St Louis
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Roundup EUlitlon (one copy included in Daily
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April 28, 1988
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
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jary Vincent, vice president of Cokesbury, and Robert Feaster, president and publisher of The
United Methodist Publishing House preview the display of Charlestown Hymnals in the Cokes-
bury Bookstore.
Feaster Presents Gift to Delegates
Delegates to General Conference were
presented with beautiful reproductions
of John Wesley's First Hymn Book, Col-
lection of Psalms and Hymns. Robert
Feaster, president and publisher of The
United Methodist Publishing House,
made the presentation on Tuesday
morning. The facsimile copy celebrates
the 250th anniversary of the first edi-
tion. The hymn book has become known
as the "Charleston hymnal". When John
Wesley arrived in Charles-Town (now
known as Charleston), South Carolina,
on April 14, 1737, one of his first tasks
was to print a collection of English
psalms, hymns, and German hymns in
translation for use in Anglican worship.
Proofsheets were ready four days later
and the Collection of Psalms and Hymns
was being used by Wesley in Savannah,
Georgia, a few months later. There are
only two copies of the original hymn
book in existence today, one in The New
York Public Library and the other in
London's Methodist Archives. Extensive
research was done and photographs of
the original were taken to prepare the
impressive facsimile copies. Gary Vin-
cent, vice president of Cokesbury,
reports that copies of the hymnal are
available at the Cokesbury bookstore
($5.95 per copy).
Cokesbury Introduces New System
Those people making Cokesbury
purchases at General Conference are
enjoying the speed of the new
"ROSY" system (Retail Operation
System). Here, Louis Jordan (left),
Cokesbuiy's director of Operations
and System Development, uses
"ROSY" to ring up a sale to E.T. Hol-
land of Basking Ridge, N.J. Now
used in nine Cokesbury stores, the
system automatically finds the
customer's account number, tax ex-
empt status and other pertinent in-
formation. It also eliminates errors
and keeps a continuous stock inven-
tory. Cokesbury is using, for the first
time, a computer bar code pricing
system which records each item's
price and stock number electronical-
ly, supplying customers with detailed
receipts.
(Jamet SUtl Photo)
Catch the Spirit in
Hotels
"Catch the Spirit" crews are covering
the General Conference. Their reports
will be available both to United
Methodists in St. Louis and throughout
the Western Hemisphere. Daily 15-
minute reports are available by
television to person staying at four
hotels near the convention center. At
the Sheraton St. Louis, Holiday Inn
Riverfront and the Radisson, the sum-
maries may be viewed on channel 8. At
Days Inn at the Arch, they will be carried
on channel 12. The programs will be
repeated four times between 6:30 a.m.
and 7:30 a.m. today through Saturday
and Monday through Friday next week.
The daily 15-minute report will be
uplinked on the Cokesbury Satellite
Television Network (CSTN) from 1 to
1:15 p.m. (CDT). A 30-minute "Catch
the Spirit" wrap-up of General Con-
ference will be uplinked on Saturday,
May 7, beginning at 12:45 p.m. The
regular 30-minute weekly broadcasts of
"Catch the Spirit" for the weeks of May
1 and 8 will cover the General Con-
ference. Bill Dale of United Methodist
Communications (UMCom) is produc-
ing the daily 15-minute updates. Kath-
leen LeCamera, "Catch the Spirit" media
critic, will produce the 30-minute
program.
Local Stations
Feature UMs
More than 20 United Methodists will
be interviewed during General Con-
ference for programs on St. Louis radio
and television stations. Last Sunday
morning Dr. Roslyn K Sykes, Missouri
East delegate, and the Rev. Harry Smith,
executive director of Metro Ministry of
St. Louis, discussed "Homelessness and
Fair Housing in the St. Louis Area" with
KMJK-FM radio news director Kevin
Woodson. On Wednesday, Bishop
Woodie W. White was interviewed about
AIDS for "East Side, West Side," a
production of KDNL-TV. The program-
will air on Channel 30 at 6:30 a.m.,
Saturday, April 30, and at 6 a.m., Sim-
day, May 1. Bishops White and Leontine
T.C. Kelly and Peggy Garrett, a North
Indiana delegate, will be interviewed
about racism and racial violence for the
KMOV-TV program "Confiuence." It
will be telecast at 7 a.m., Sunday, May 15.
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DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
April 28, 1988
Announcements
Doors to the Plenaiy Sessions will be
closed each morning at the beginning of
the 8:30 a.m. worship service.
A special service has been arranged to
provide delegation and other
remembrance photos. The team of John
and Jeanean Fulton has a booth set up
opposite the Cokesbury store where ar-
rangements for the individualized
photos can be made. Materials also will
be distributed to delegation heads
Thursday morning.
***
Boston University School of Theology
Alumni/ae Breakfast Meeting, Friday,
April 29, 7 a.m., Sheraton Hotel,
Boulevard B Room.
***
Reminder to invited guests:
World Methodist Council Lxmcheon-
12:30 p.m., today, April 28, Radisson
Hotel.
***
Alumni/ae and friends of Garrett-
Evangelical Theological Seminary will
gather for an evening meal at the
Boulevard Room of the Sheraton, at 5:45
p.m. today. Advanced reservations have
been made; however, an unlimited num-
ber of seats are available at the door. The
price is $10 per person.
All clergywomen who are going to sing
with the Baltimore clergywomen for
Saturday services must come for rehear-
sal at 4:30 p.m., Friday, April 29. Meet by
the platform next to the piano.
***
A service commemorating persons
who have died with AIDS will be held
Friday, April 29, at 12:45 p.m. at Christ
in the City UCC, 1121 Ninth St. The ser-
vice is sponsored by Affirmation and the
Reconciling Congregation Program.
***
The video "Casting Out Fear: Reconcil-
ing Ministries with Gay/Lesbian United
Methodists" is being shown daily in the
Libraiy (lower level) of the Days Inn at
the Arch. Box limches are available and
can be reserved by calling 231-5855.
The Northeastern Jurisdictional
Caucus of Black Methodists for Church
Renewal will host an interview session of
the episcopal candidates in that jurisdic-
tion in room 270 of the Convention
Center on April 28 & 29 from 10 p.m.
until 11:30 p.m. on each evening.
Children's Choir To Sing
BeUie Storj
The Central Illinois United Methodist Ethnic Children's Choir will participate in Thursday's wor-
ship services. The choir is made up of approximately 50 children in grades 4-6. Members of the
choir are from: the Hispanic UMC, the Quad Cities; the Korean UMC, Peoria; the Korean Fellow-
ship, Macomb; Bethel UMC, Peoria; Grace UMC, Springfield; and Northwest and University
Avenue UMC's, Peoria. Mrs. Pat Capperune is the music director for the choir and serves as music
director at Northwest UMC in Peoria, Illinois.
Delegates and friends from the Arkan-
sas Area (North Arkansas and Little
Rock conferences) will meet Tuesday,
May 3, at 12:30 p.m. for a luncheon at the
Radisson Hotel. The luncheon will be in
Admiral-A. Honored guests will be
Bishop and Mrs. Richard Wilke.
***
The Louisiana Delegation will meet for
breakfast on Monday, May 2 at 7 a.m. m
Miss Hullings Cafeteria, 11th and Locust.
All Louisiana residents and friends of
Louisana are cordially invited to attend.
Make reservations with Tracy Arnold,
Sheraton Hotel.
***
The Missouri Area dinner with Bishop
Handy will be held on Wednesday, May
4, 5:30 p.m. at the Sheraton Hotel. Reser-
vations may be made with Jean Scott,
Missouri East or Fritz Mutti, Missouri
West. Deadline, Monday, May 2.
***
The Northeastern Jurisdictional C!om-
mittee on Episcopacy will meet in Room
260 on Friday and Saturday at 1:00 P.M.
***
Briefing session, Thursday, April 28,
12:45 p.m.-l:45 p.m., Room 270, Con-
vention Center. Subject: Aids: Challenge
to the Churches, chairman. Bishop Edsel
Ammons; speakers--Dr. Ronald H.
Sunderland, fellow at the Institute of
Religion, Houston; Ms. Vanessa Jackson,
Commxmity Education, Planned Paren-
thood, St. Louis.
***
Northwest Texas-New Mexico Area
Dinner, Tuesday, May 3 at 6 p.m. in the
Delta Room of the Radisson Hotel. Paid
reservations must be made to chair of
each delegation by Friday, April 29.
VIDEO TAPES
Episcopal Address $29.95
Lay Address $19.95
Any segment of
General Conference $25/hr.
AUDIO TAPES
Episcopal and
Lay Address $7.00
Custom Audio cassettes $12/hr.
See Ginny Case at General Church
Periodicals Booth, Exhibit Hall A
AprU 28, 1988
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
101
Bishop WoodJe White, Dr. James
Laney To Preach for Today's
Worship Services
Illinois Area Bishop Woodie W. White
and Dr. James Laney will lead today's
worship services.
Preaching at 8:30 am. in Cervantes
Convention Center will be Bishop White.
He became general secretary of the
General Commission on Religion and
Race (CORR) when the agency was estab-
lished in 1968 and served until elected to
the episcopacy in 1984. He is a member
of the General Board of Discipleship.
A native of New York City, Bishop
White graduated from Paine College in
Georgia and Boston University School of
Theology. Ordained in the Detroit An-
nual Conference, he served churches
there until joining CORR.
Bishop White was on a task force to ex-
amine racism and race relations in
Australia and New Zealand for the World
Council of Churches. He has preached in
Chile, Argentina and Brazil. A prolific
writer, Bishop White's most recent book
is Confessions of a Prairie Pilgrim.
Bishop and Kim White are the parents
of four daughters.
Dr. Laney, president of Emory Univer-
sity, Atlanta, GA., will preach at 2:30 p.m.
at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, one-half
block west of the convention center on
7th Street.
Ordained in the West Ohio Con-
ference, Dr. Laney served there before
beginning his academic career. He was
an associate professor at Yon Sei Univer-
sity, Seoul, Korea, and study secretary for
the Korean Student Christian Council.
He has been on the faculties of Vander-
bilt and Harvard divinity schools and
Chandler School of Theology at Emory.
Dr. Laney received bachelor and doc-
torate degrees from Yale and a doctor of
divinity from Florida Southern.
Liturgist this aflemoon will be Hope
Kawashima. A diaconal minister in
Flushing, N.Y., she is a member of the
New York delegation to General Con-
ference.
General Conference
audio and video
resources available
at sales booth
outside UM
Publishing House
display.
Innovation Rvins Into Murphy's Law
For the first time in the history of
General Conference, delegates are using
electronic voting. Shown are two views
of "The Audience Response System"~the
hand control used by delegates and the
maze of wires and computerized
electronic wizardy used to make it all
work. Conference business manager De-
Wayne Woodring introduced the system
during the first plenary session Tuesday,
but-alas-some bugs turned up. The sys-
tem recorded about 100 fewer votes than
the 964 delegates reported as registered.
Dr. Woodring said the system would be
rechecked and, for the time being,
delegates reverted to the familiar raising
of hands. When it's all working, the
device will provide an instant tally of yes
and no votes. In additon to the counts,
percentages in each category will be cal-
culated and displayed. Each delegate is
furnished a key pad on which to record
his or her vote within nine seconds after
the presiding officer puts the question.
Results will appear instantaneously on
the two large screens at the front of the
hall. The system is designed to save time
as well as to ensure accuracy. When a
vote was required in the past, delegates
handed tellers either a yes or no card to
be counted by hand. Woodring notes the
new system permits not only an instant
decision, but also allows tellers to remain
on the floor instead of having to absent
themselves while they count the tally
cards. The electronic voting system is
the second technical innovation to be in-
augurated during the 1988 General Con-
ference. The other is the two large
screens flanking the platform which
carry close-up television pictures of
speakers and other participants.
Directions For Electronic Voting
1. The presiding officer will state:
"Please vote when numbers appear on the screen."
2. Vote anytime during the countdown from 9 through 1.
3. Press button 1 for yes
Press button 2 for no
Press button 3 for abstention.
4. Votes are recorded only during the numerical countdown. No votes will be
recorded before or after that countdown.
5. It is possible to change your vote anytime during the countdown. The computer
will always accept the last nimiber pressed.
6. When the countdown reaches zero, the voting is closed and a graph appears on
the screen indicating the results of the vote.
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(RALPH BAKER PHOTOS)
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DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
April 28, 1988
General Conference Thru The Camera Lens
Roving photographers John Goodwin
and Ralph Baker have moved in and
about the Cervantes Convention Center
as United Methodists in St. Louis moved
into full steam following the opening ser-
vice of Holy Communion Tuesday.
Scenes from the first two days, clockwise
from top left: Covenant at the Arch Ser-
vice; Bishop James Ault speaks at the
Wednesday morning worship; retired
Bishop Nolan Harmon leads the con-
ference in prayer; a delegate attempts to
gain the attention of the presiding officer
while another (below) waits his turn to
speak; Western Angola delegates at Com-
munion Service; and various other
scenes of delegates in action.
AprU 28, 1988
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
103
Nominees For General Conference Secretary
Carolyn M. MarshaU
Corporate secretary of Marshall
Studios, Inc., Veedersburg, Ind., with su-
pervisory responsibility for accounting,
scheduling and personnel.
An active member of Veedersburg
United Methodist Church, she was
elected to the 1980, 1984, and 1988
General Conferences from the South In-
diana Conference. Has held numerous
offices on the local church, district, con-
ference, jurisdictional, and general
church levels.
Elected to a four-year term in 1984 as
president of the Women's Division,
General Board of Global Ministries. In
this capacity she heads the 1.2 million
member United Methodist Women with
approximately 29,000 local units in the
U.S. and Puerto Rico. Has been a mem-
ber of the General Board of Global Min-
istries since 1980, serving in both the
Women's and National Divisions.
Has held state and local offices in the
American Association of University
Women, in addition to membership in
Business and Professional Women and a
variety of community and civic under-
takings including treasurer of the local
chamber of commerce, association for
retarded citizens and president of the
high school band boosters.
Has given countless hours to the
United Methodist-related Lucile Raines
residence in Indianapolis. She is past
president and continues to serve on the
board.
Holds an honorary Doctor of Public
Service degree from DePauw University.
Has been recognized for skills in or-
ganization, finance, networking, public
speaking and commitment to inclusive-
ness.
She has traveled extensively overseas
on behalf of the Women's Division with
trips to Japan, Korea, and Kenya.
Her education includes a B.A. in busi-
ness administration from Drake Univer-
sity, Des Moines, Iowa; and earlier
C. Faith Richardson
Incimibent Secretaiy of the General
Conference
Member of the United Methodist
Church of Newton, Massachusetts, cur-
rently serving in the Work Area on Mis-
sions.
Has held a wide range of official posi-
tions at local, district, and conference
level-in Tacoma, Washington; Syracuse,
New York; and Newton, Massachusetts;
and in ecumenical bodies in New York
State and Newton, Massachusetts. A
member of the Executive Commitee of
the World Methodist Council.
1967-1980: Administrative Assistant
to Bishop James K Mathews, in the Bos-
ton and Washington Areas.
1980-1984: Administrative Secretary
for two Secretaries of the Council of
Bishops, Bishop Mathews and Bishop
James Mase Ault.
In 1968 prepared the first draft for the
Fimd for Reconciliation. In 1972 began
to serve on the Committee on Correla-
tion and Editorial Revision and served as
chair for two quadrennia. Prepared an
Index of the Digests of the Decisions of
the Judicial Council.
Educated at University of Puget Sound
and Syracuse University; has an
honorary doctorate from Columbia Col-
lege (South Carolina). Is a member of the
Advisory Board of the Anna Howard
Shaw Center at Boston University.
Has lived in the Near East and traveled
extensively in the United States,
Canada, and Europe. For 25 years has
parti-cipated in the organization, work
and follow-up of several archaeological
digs in the Eastern Mediterranean. Is the
author of a number of articles in church
publications and a translator of scholar-
ly articles, primarily from Italian and
French.
Was a member of the General Commis-
sion on Archives and History 1984-1988
and is a member of the Commission on
Archives and History of the Southern
New England Conference where she ser-
ves on an Editorial Board (and one of the
authors) preparing a History of
Methodism in Southern New England.
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DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
April 28, 1988
Further Updating
Handbook for Delegates
(Section A, Advance Edition)
Standing Administrative Committees (A- 13) Voting and Reserve Delegates
Committee on Reference
Remove: John L. Francis
Add: John L. Hopkins
Standing Legislative Committees
Church and Society (A-17)
Remove: Grey, Vievienne, Texas
Add: Hathaway, W. B., Texas
Conferences (A- 18)
Add: Martins, Filipe S. Manuel, Eastern Angola
Discipleship (A- 18)
Add: Castro, George F., Evangelical Philippines
Faith and Mission (A- 19)
Remove: Augusta, Joao de Silveira, Eastern Angola
Financial Administration (A-20)
Add: Augusta, Joao de Silveira, Eastern Angola
Local Church (A-24)
Remove: Augusta, Joao de Silveira, Eastern Angola
North Mississippi Annual Conference (A-50)
Remove: Spight, Leon (resigned)
Add at end of reserve list:
Bailey, Joe N.; planter; Box 257, Coffeeville, MS
Texas Annual Conference (A-62)
Remove: Gray, Vievienne (resigned)
Add at end of reserve list: McCall, Morris
Non-Voting Delegates
Evangelical Methodist Church in the Philippines
Sec. A, Row 22, Seats 9-10
Castro, George F. (3); bishop; 1240 General Luna,
Manila, Philippines 2801
Alphabetical List of Voting Delegates and First
Reserves
Remove: Gray, Vievienne (resigned)
Spight, Leon (resigned)
Add: Berry, George, North Mississippi
McCall, Morris (1), Texas
Roberts, James, Texas
Officers of Committee On Plan Of Organiza-
tion And Rules Of Order
Bruce P. Blake, Chair
William McCartney, Vice Chair
Anita Fenstermacher, Secretary
Petitions Re-referred by the Committee on Reference
Old Petition Number
276-CS-3000-R .
487-MN-3000-S .
491-MN-3000-R .
854-HE-1526-D .
855-HE-1529-D .
1248-GM-3000-R
1467-CS-3000-R .
1506-IJ-3000-R .
New Petition Number
276-FA-3000-R
487-CS-3000-S
491-FM-3000-R
854-MN-1526-D
855-MN-1529-D
1248-FA-3000-R
1467-GM-3000-R
1506-FA-3000-R
Old Petition Number
590-LC-2529-D
1692-FM-3000-S
1936-LC-247-D
2005-CO-703-D
2025-CO-745-D
2028-GA-802-D
2460-GA-3000-R
2572-MN-3000-R
2577-MN-3000-R
New Petition Number
1590-MN-2529-D
1692-DI-3000-S
1936-CS-247-D
2005-CS-703-D
2025-CS-745-D
2028-CS-802-D
2460-CS-3000-R
2572-CO-3000-R
2577-HE-3000-R
April 28, 1988
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
105
Addition to Petition
1017-MN-3000-R
Epitope
A basic truth which has motivated the
work of this commission is that all living
things change. Some change is construc-
tive. Some is not. Our deepest searching
has been to discover what we believe to
be worthy of preservation for ministry
and what should be modified. Our com-
mitment has been to do all in our power
to enable our church to respond faithful-
ly to our living Lord.
Change for the sake of change is an ex-
ercise in futility and a waste of our valu-
able resources. To be unmindful of cir-
cumstances which call for new ways of
(Ministry Study Report)
responding to God's call to be a pilgrim
people is at best, stiff-necked and at
worst heretical.
It has not been easy for this commis-
sion to discern which elements in our
theology, tradition and structure dearly
need to be preserved and which should
be
changed. The fact that assignments to
study the ministry were made by the
General Conferences of 1964, 1968,
1972, 1976, 1980, and 1984 gives
credence to the fact that our concepts of
and structures for the enablement of
ministry are dynamic Some would view
this phenomenon as a sure sign of in-
decisiveness. We believe it is a sign of our
openness to the leading of God to ven-
ture into new and untried ways. This is
a familiar biblical theme.
From the days of Wesley, we have had
a deep commitment to imderstand scrip-
ture, and to apply the truths of scripture
to current situations. It is easier to specu-
late about the thunder of God in scrip-
ture than it is to respond faithfully to the
whisper of God in places where direction
and outcome are uncertain. In our work,
we have been faithful to both the bibli-
cal foundations of ministry and the
views of our forebears in the faith.
We are certain the assignment given to
this commission by the 1984 General
ASSIGNED VOLUNTEERS MAKE THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS WORK!
After all the discussion and debating, and after a decision has been reached in a legislative committee on what to do with a peti-
tion, it is a corps of volunteers from the Missouri Area who take the material from the officers of the legislative committees and
type up the legislative committee reports that wind up as calendar items on which to vote in a General Conference plenaiy.
Organized by Jo Ann English, Secretary to Bishop Handy, and Richard Thomas, the assigned volunteer typists for the twelve
legislative committees are:
Commission on Central Conference Affairs
Church and Society
Conferences
Discipleship
Faith and Mission
Financial Administration
General Administration
Global Ministries
Higher Education and Chaplaincy
Independent Commissions/Judicial Administration
Local Church
Ordained/Diaconal Ministry
Penny Mohapp
Hazel Brandel
Helen Ralston
Elizabeth Marshall
PhyUis Buck
Mary Reinke
Norma Rawdon
Sandra Conrad
June McCullough
Ginnie Audrain
Sandy Briggs
Jean Dalton
These women, and others who form the Secretarial Pool, will be working in Room 12 1 of the Cervantes Convention Center where
D. Jean Hanson, Office Manager, and Delia Escareno, Duplicating Supervisor, provide equipment and supplies.
Consent Calendar
Calendar items printed with an *
after the calendar number will
automatically be placed on the Con-
sent Calendar. If any delegate wishes
to remove an item from the Consent
Calendar for plenary consideration,
that delegate shall complete the ap-
proved form in Room 121 by 3:00
p.m. on the day the calendar item
first apperars in the DCA. Majority
and minority reports will be indi-
cated in parentheses.
Rule 27(2)
General Conference audio and video
resources available at sales booth
outside UM Publishing House display
106
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
April 28, 1988
Legislative Committee Reports
Church and Society
•Worked in six committees:
1. Human Welfare A, Ada Bailor, Sier-
ra Leone, Chair: Issues include abor-
tion, AIDS, parenthood. Recommended
to full committee retention with minor
changes of present "Social Principles"
statement on abortion and retaining
resolution "Responsible Parenthood."
2. Human Welfare B, Richard Looney,
Holston, Chair: Issues include human
sexuality, drug and alcohol concerns.
Recommended slightly revised "Social
Principles" paragraph on human
sexuality retaining the words, "...we do
not condone the practice of
homosexual ity . . . . "
3. Peace and World Order, Jack
Heacock, SW Texas, Chair: Issues in-
clude Southern Africa and Shell boycott.
Recommended resolutions on "In Sup-
port of Self-Determination and Non-in-
tervention," "Religious Liberty," institu-
tion of SheU boycott.
4. Social and Economic Justice,
James Lawson, Cal-Pacific, Chair: Is-
sues are global debt, sexual harassment,
Afiirmative Action. Worked on resolu-
tion on "International Debt Crisis."
5. Environmental Justice and Sur-
vival, Kay Dillard, N. Illinois, Chair: Is-
sues include agricultural crisis, nuclear
safety. Recommended approval of in-
fant formula resolution. Worked on ex-
tensive rural crisis resolution.
6. Political and Human Rights, Char-
les Harper, N. Texas, Chair: Issues in-
clude sanctuary, victims' rights, gun con-
trol. Recommended resolutions affirm-
ing diversity of language use in the U.S.
and opposing constitutional amendment
making English the official language.
"Lee Ranck and Helen K. Chang
Conferences
•Concurred with petition which would
permit dividing episcopal areas with
conferences with memberships of more
than 125,000 each. Would apply to Bir-
mingham, Atlanta, Indiana and Dallas-
Fort Worth areas and take effect at the
end of the 1988 General Conference.
•Voted non-concurrence with peti-
tions to set an age limit for election as
secretary of the General Conference.
-Ann Whiting
Diaconal and Ordained Ministry
•Chair Dan Solomon, SW Texas, asked
the committee to view people's lives in
the sensitive issues before the commit-
tee.
•Named five sub-committees:
1. Diaconal Ministry;
2. Ordained Ministry I;
3. Ordained Ministiy II;
4. Superintendency;
5. Ministiy Study.
•Approved asking that petitions relat-
ing to Para. 402.2 (banning ordination of
homosexuals) be returned to the full
committee as soon as possible.
-Daniel R. Gangler
Discipleship
•Divided into subgroups:
1. Hymnal Report, Edward L. Dun-
can, Mich., Chair;
1-a. Hymns and Psalms, F. Belton
Joiner, N.C., Chair;
1-b. Worship Resources, L. Ray Bran-
ton, La., Chair;
2. Other Discipleship Issues, Ann
Sherer, Texas, Chair;
2-a. National Youth Ministry Or-
ganization, Carla Hiehle, West Ohio,
Chair;
2-b. Ministries, education, evan-
gelism, age-level, Warren R. Ebinger,
Baltimore, Chair;
2-c. Laity Board, Board of Dis-
cipleship, Chuck Jones, Cal-Pacific,
Chair.
-Garlinda Burton
Faith and Mission
•Identified four issues related both to
the present statement on "Our
Theological Task" and the report of the
Commission on the Theological Task:
1. Pluralism;
2. The interrelationship of Scripture,
tradition, reason and experience;
3. The role of Wesley's Sermons and
Notes;
4. The purpose of the commission.
•Agreed that the role of the sermons
and notes would be covered by the full
committee. Sub-committees discussed
the other issues for report to the full
committee.
•Defeated taking a straw ballot to in-
dicate preferences for the current and
proposed statements.
•Approved participation of two
writers of the commission's report. Dr.
Thomas Ogletree and Dr. Richard Heit-
zen rater.
•Began a paragraph-by-paragraph
review of the commission's report.
-Dana Jones and Richard Thornburg
Financial Administration
•Divided into four-subcommittees:
1. Pensions (investments, benefits,
editorial changes from the General
Board of Pensions, eta).
2. Annual Conferences (basic salary
plans, annual conference budgets, etc.).
3. General funds (designated giving.
Ministerial Education Fund, United
Methodist Publishing House, etc)
4. Budget
-Linda Bloom/Clyde Chestnut
General Administration
•Divided into four-subcommittees:
1. Sharon Rader, West Mich., Chair;
2. William Cherry, East Penn., Chair;
3. James Seal, N. Ark., Chair;
4. Reginald W. Ponder, N.C., Chair.
-Robert F. Storey
Global Ministries
•Divided into seven sub-committees:
1. Health and Welfare and Board of
Global Ministries (BGM) departments;
2. National Division;
3. Mission Evangelism and Women's
Issues;
4. Annual Conference, District BGMs
and Mission Society;
5. Native Americans, Central Con-
ferences;
6. Purposeof BGM, Inclusiveness;
7. Urban issues, Town/Country,
Korean issues, Homelessness.
Higher Education & Chaplaincy
•Divided into five sub-committees:
1. Africa Initiative, Lambuth M.
Clark, Virginia, Chair;
2. Schools of Theology, John C. Wag-
ner, West Ohio, Chair;
3. Annual Conferences and Boards,
Roy C. Stephenson, Memphis, Chair;
4. Division of Chaplains, Billy L. York,
N. Ala., Chair;
5. Financing, WiZZJam A Ho/mes, Bal-
timore, Chair.
•Approved the African Initiative with
one dissenting vote and established the
African University Corporation to do ad-
vance planning in consultation with
General Council on Finance and Ad-
ministration and General Council on
Ministries. Dr. John Kurewa from Zim-
babwe spoke during debate.
"Lester Moore and John Borchert
Independent Commissions and
Judicial Administration
•Approved petition reporting on Com-
mission on Pan-Methodist cooperation;
•Approved petition with funding
recommendation on Pan-Methodist
cooperation.
"Betty Story and Arthur Swarthout
Local Church
•Divided into sub-committees to con-
sider more than 300 petitions:
1. Administrative council, nomina-
tions and personnel, pastor-parish rela-
tions committee: Howard Plowman,
Oklahoma, Chair;
2. Local church property, James Lee
Riley, Texas, Chair;
3. Constitution of charge conference,
mission and ministry of the local church,
membership: Paul Blomquist, Detroit,
Chair;
4. Charge conference and work areas,
C. J. Lupo, Jr^ S. C, Chair.
"Laura Okumu
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DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
April 28, 1988
REPORT OF THE COUNCIL OF BISHOPS TO THE
GENERAL CONFERENCE 1988
The General Conference of 1984 took
two actions regarding the Mission
Society for United Methodists: (1) The
Conference voted non-concurrence on a
petition approving the Mission Society
for United Methodists as an alternative
mission- sending agency; and (2) estab-
lishing a dialogue between the directors
and staff of the General Board of Global
Ministries and persons who had con-
cerns about the emphasis of the Board
on evangelism and Wesleyan theology.
The Council of Bishops was suggested
as the agency to enable and coordinate
the proposed dialogues. The Council
subsequently appointed Bishops
Thomas, DufTey, Ault, Borgen, and De-
Witt to serve on behalf of the Council.
Upon Bishop Thomas' resignation,
Bishop Schowengerdt was named to
serve. The Mission Society for United
Methodists was invited to represent per-
sons who had concerns about the em-
phasis of the Board on evangelism and
Wesleyan theology.
The dialogues began at the site of the
1984 General Conference and have con-
tinued on a regular basis. Eleven meet-
ings have been held. The sessions have
been congenial and have enjoyed a de-
gree of success. All parties have been
faithful in attendance. We express our
gratitude to the Board for their par-
ticipation and for bearing the expenses
of the representatives. We express ap-
preciation to the representatives of the
Society for their participation and to the
Council on Finance and Administration
for financing the expenses of the repre-
sentatives of the Society.
The items receiving attention during
the dialogues are summarized here:
1. Review of the actions and anticipa-
tions of the General Conference.
2. Issues about procedures as to con-
fidentiality, mutual trust, account-
ability.
3. Discussions about the General
Board of Global Ministries: personnel,
policies, practices.
4. Balance of theological perspectives
among the staff members of the Board.
5. Accurate reports as to numbers and
assignment of Board of Global Mini-
stries personnel to areas of service.
6. Recruitment, testing, deployment of
personnel.
7. Response to and evaluation of
materials provided by the Board as re-
quested by the Society.
8. Evangelism as an integral part of
missions.
9. The Board proposal for an emphasis
on evangelism.
10. The Society's assurance that they
would not send personnel into areas
where The United Methodist Church
and the Board of Global Ministries have
had historic relations and respon-
sibilities, and, specifically, that they
would not go to any place where they
were not invited by the constituted
church officials.
11. Evaluation of complaints that
some Board of Global Ministries person-
nel had made efforts to block acceptance
of the Society.
12. Evaluations of theological state-
ments by the Society and the Board.
13. Review of statements of purpose by
the Board and the Society.
14. The paper from CIEMAL repre-
sentatives as referred to this dialogue by
the Council of Bishops.
15. Responses of individual bishops
concerning appointments of clergy to
the Society.
16. Financial accountability.
The representatives of the Society
clearly indicated their strong support for
full payment of World Service Appor-
tionments and the full support of Ad-
vance Mission Specials. The entire
dialogue group fully endorsed the
Bishop's Appeal for Partner Churches in
Crises.
The financial data of the Board is a
matter of open record for the denomina-
tion and is available annually. The
Society is a member of the Evangelical
Council for Financial Accountability and
reports to that body. Further, the
Society sent a copy of their balance sheet
to the Board of Global Ministries for
their information.
While the Society has clearly stated its
firm intention to continue as a separate
entity, they have also stated that they
desire not a competitive stance but a
cooperative, supplementary one. Their
intention was declared to be to go to
areas where no United Methodist work
exists and to open new areas of work
with both a personal evangelistic thrust
and a wholistic social involvement.
The Board representatives discussed
freely the complaints registered con-
cerning evangelism and theology. They
have insisted that evangelistic missions
are part of their overall ministry. They
have affirmed the legitimacy of various
theological emphases but denied that
the Board staff and personnel are
dominated by a liberation theology.
They specifically denied making ap-
pointments of missionaries who support
liberation theology to the excliision of
others with a more traditional evangeli-
cal theology.
The Board shared with the Society in-
formation concerning recruitment, test-
ing, and deployment of personnel and in-
vited the Society to have an observer at
the Board missionary personnel com-
mittee. This option was not exercised by
the Society.
The Board has put into effect changes
of structure and personnel that had been
in progress for some time. The recent ac-
tions of the Board in establishing a Com-
mittee on Evangelism with an associate
general secretary in charge of that em-
phasis is a case in point. The Board has
also taken steps to establish dearer lines
of accountability within the structure
and operation of the Board. The General
Board has opened up quite a large num-
ber of new areas of work and a variety of
mission ministries.
The statement from a CIEMAL
workshop, April 1986, read to the Coun-
cil of Bishops of The United Methodist
Church by representatives from
CIEMAL was referred to this committee
and has received careful attention. The
workshop paper alleged that repre-
sentatives of the Mission Society had in-
itiated work in Columbia, Peru, and
Chile and had created division and con-
fusion. These contacts were reported to
have begun around 1980. The fact is that
the Society was not organized until
Februaiy, 1984. Thus, there were no rep-
resentatives of the Society involved. It is
true that at least one person who was in-
volved in the earlier visits has since af-
filiated with the Society. CIEMAL com-
plained that Society representatives
entered Columbia without consultation
with CIEMAL, who was sponsoring the
church in that country. The Society
maintains that it responded to the desig-
nated leadership of the church in Colum-
bia and believed they had acted proper-
ly-
Misunderstandings still exist in those
countries. More recent correspondence
from CIEMAL affirms the confidence
they have in the integrity of the wit-
nesses of the April 1986 meeting and
continues to affirm their understanding
that the work of the Society is divisive
and intrusive. CIEMAL affirms that all
relations to The United Methodist
Church should be through the General
Board of Global Ministries. CIEMAL has
expressed concern about the efforts of
the Society in Brazil.
AprU 28, 1988
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
109
Recent correspondence indicates com-
plaints from Austria where disruption
and distrust have developed. The cor-
respondent indicates a clear connection
with the Mission Society for United
Methodists.
The theological statement concerning
mission that was developed by the Board
in cooperation with Partners in Mission
around the world was studied and criti-
qued. The discussion produced several
suggestions for clarification and em-
phasis, and the Board representatives
indicated they world consider these in
future editions of the pamphlets.
Concerning the appointment of clergy
to the Society, the dialogue discussed the
specific actions of the General Con-
ference as well as the responsibilities of
individual bishops. The General Con-
ference voted non-concurrence to a peti-
tion asking for approval of the Society as
a sending agency. In the view of many
this action has placed appointment of
clergy to the Society in a distinctly dif-
ferent category. Bishops have to deal
with this matter individually.
After all the discussions we have not
been able to resolve all the matters
before us. There still exist differences
concerning the theology of mission and
evangelism. Different definitions are
held about the term evangelical. Dif-
ferences exist about confidence in the
staff and personnel of both the Board
and the Society. Differences continue as
to public debate and release of informa-
tion from dialogues and about the Board
and the Society. Strong difierences re-
late to the accuracy and intent of the ac-
tions of and reports from CIEMAL. Dif-
ferences continue as to responsibility for
and response to the indigenous chur-
ches. We have differences about appoint-
ments to and the sending out of person-
nel by the Society. Finally, there are
sharp differences as to the desirability of
the continued existence of the Society as
a sending agency.
In conclusion, we make the following
recommendations:
1. We are glad that much has been
rediscovered about our Wesleyan tradi-
tion and recommend that United
Methodists continue to make progress
toward the fulfillment of the General
Conference expressed desire that we
clarify and enhance our emphasis upon
this tradition, particularly in evangelism
and theology.
2. We recommend that this dialogue be
discontinued in its present form, that we
reaffirm the stance the 1984 General
Conference took naming the General
Board of Global Ministries as the only
authorized sending agency of The
United Methodist Church, and that the
Board of Global Ministries continue to
be open for informal conversations with
all of its constituency, including in-
dividuals and groups, in making
progress in emphasizing evangelism and
in continued refmement of theological
emphases in line with our Wesleyan un-
derstanding.
3. In the beginning the Council of
Bishops representatives had hoped that
we would be able to reach such recon-
ciliation of issues that the Society would
fmd no reason for its continued exist-
ence. In the beginning some repre-
sentatives of the Mission Society for
United Methodists indicated the under-
standing that the Society would con-
tinue indefinitely. The bishops have
sought to effect reconciliation but have
not reached the level of our expectations.
We have no alternative but to report this
situation and to make our recommenda-
tion that persons share concerns
through regular channels and their com-
mitment to ministry through the
authorized sending agency.
THE COUNCIL OF BISHOPS
Earl G. Hunt, Jr., President
Paul A. Duffey, Secretary
April 26, 1988
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AprU 28, 1988
Ministry of the Laity:
What It Means To Be Disciples Every Day
The Laity Address as presented by
Joan G. Nagle, Wednesday morning
April 27.
Speaking to His people in the book of
Joshua, the Lord said:
Now therefore arise, go over this Jor-
dan, thou, and all this people, into the
land which I do give to them, even to the
children of Israel. And Joshua said unto
the people. Sanctify yourselves; for
tomorrow the Lord will do wonders
among you.
And Joshua said imto the children of
Israel, Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you.. ..Behold the
ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the
earth passeth over before you into Jor-
dan.. ..And it shall come to pass, as soon
as the soles of the feet of the priests that
bear the ark of the Lord shall rest in the
waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jor-
dan shall be cut off, and they shall stand
upon an heap.
Hereby ye shall know that the living
God is amongyou.... because you get such
very strange marching orders. Let us put
ourselves into this scene.
And Joshua said...."Okay, that's the
play. All you have to do is make the
move. Pick up the box, take a couple of
steps forward, until your feet are wet.
The waters pile up; you go across. Got
it?"
And Joe Disciple said. ...Uh... .you
wanna run that past me one more time?
"Oy, the help I get these days. All
right, let me get a pushbroom and draw
you a picture. Pick up the box".
I already got the box, boss.
"Good. Now step forward...."
It probably went something like this,
for Joshua's followers. One-step-at-a-
time discipleship. It goes something like
this for us, too.
"Pick up the box."
Shoulder the load. Sign on, make the
commitment. To be a disciple, in the
United Methodist context, means to
agree to the principles of the Christian
faith, to promise, confess, profess. And
to pledge loyalty to this body of the faith.
And then to walk away from the altar?
Certainly not. The pledge includes a
commitment to action: "to uphold it by
your prayers, your presence, your gifts,
and your service."
To uphold the ministry of Christ is to
pick up the box of discipleship, and I
believe that most of those who make this
promise do so. They shoulder the
load.. ..they shoulder the most amazing
loads. You have seen the ministry of the
laity in action as I have. We have seen
laymen and women work harder, longer,
and more humbly for Christ than they
ever would for themselves, let alone a
secular employer.
Discipleship is not easy. It is one of the
paradoxes of discipleship that the work
we are paid-paid real money-to do re-
quires so much less effort than does
volunteer work. In the secular work
place, the resources are, by and large,
better. The tools and the technology one
needs are provided. ...none of this
making do with what we can scrounge
out of the Simday school cupboard or
bring to the church kitchen from our
own. The people are provided,
too.... coworkers and service groups to
help cariy the box, without (in most
cases) being coaxed. Discipleship, on the
other hand, usually means doing it the
hard way.
Discipleship may mean doing for love
what we would never dream of doing for
money. I remember seeing my mother
and her friends scrubbing, literally
scraping down, a tenement unit for use
as a mission house. The ladies had never
seen such filth before and, God willing,
they never would again, but in this mo-
ment the word of the Lord was
"Scrape!"....and they scraped.
Discipleship means coming early and
staying late; this is upholding by our
presence. Woody Allen has said that 90
percent of success is showing up. And at
the General Conference held in Pitts-
burgh many years ago, an event which
was plagued by pre-opening problems,
the invocation began, "At least, Lord, we
are here." To show up is, sometimes, to
shoulder the load; it is all the box-pick-
ing-up we can manage at the moment.
Joshua's people had shown up. At
least. Lord, we are here. We've got the
box.
"Good," Joshua says. "Now step for-
ward. Come on, another step~you can do
it."
It is a good thing to pick up the box.
Sad to say, it is not the thing of which
progress is made. You've got to pick up
the box and carry it forward, Joshua tells
us.
To be a disciple means to be in motion.
Perpetual motion, many of us would say,
much of the time. More than that, for-
ward motion. In physics, there is a con-
cept called the vector. Webster defines a
vector as "a directed magnitude, as of a
force or a velocity." Another reference
says that a vector may be regarded as a
stepping from one extremity of a line to
John Goodwin
another. Actually, it's not that hard. Just
think of a well-hit baseball.. ..magnitude
and (whoosh) direction, force, velocity.
Disciples are vectors of God, directed
magnitudes, whose force and velocity
have moved irresistibly along many a
line, carrying the word and the works of
the faith.
Disciples scout the territory ahead as
they move forward. My annual con-
ference is planning for an innovative
fund-raising campaign....a campaign to
raise up a permanent endowment, to
equip and enable the ministry of the fu-
ture. What is the ministry of the future?
We can't even guess; all we know is that
it will be different from the ministry of
the present. (And, of course, that it will
require serious money!) But as we are
mindful of the heritage of ministry that
we have received from those who
marched this line before us, we recognize
our responsibility to fund that which will
follow.
Disciples, then, are carriers. They are
on their way, out of Egypt into the
promised land of the future, and they are
carrying the ark of the covenant as they
go.
But there are obstacles in the way,
obstacles to which Joshua seems
oblivious. "Take another step forward,"
he coaxes. "Take the big step this time."
Hey look. Josh. There's water out
there. If I go any farther, I'm gonna get
my feet wet. I could catch a cold.
What it means to be a disciple of Christ
is, sometimes, trouble. A veritable sea of
troubles, perhaps. Reminded of the
enormity of the problems she faces in
her mission field. Mother Teresa of India
responded, "God has not called me to
succeed. He has only called me to try."
He has called us to get our feet wet, and
that may mean catching a cold. Or
worse.
Discipleship can mean failure. And in
fact if you have never failed....never
April 28, 1988
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
111
dropped the load or tripped over your
own feet.. ..I suggest that you may have
been carrying very little or marching
very slowly. I've been allowed only 20
minutes here, and that isn't half enough
time to list all my failures in discipleship,
all the plans I made that didn't work out,
or that worked out but profited nothing.
But if you want to see me afterwards....
....No? Well, discipleship can mean
rejection. Rejection by the world? Of
course; we expect that. Rejection by our
fellow marchers and our own leaders is
more of a surprise, and harder to deal
with. I respectfully submit that the
church today has a serious problem in
clergy-laity relations, and I challenge
this body to begin to address it. That
problem is one of an increasingly sophis-
ticated laity and a clergy that often feels
threatened by the troops.. ..and reacts by
pulling rank.
Last year I talked to the captain of one
of the Navy's nuclear submarines, and I
was siUT)rised to hear him use terms like
discussion, consensus, mutual accord.
"Are you trying to tell me that the Navy
is into participative management. Cap-
tain?" I asked. "Do you let your crew vote
on your orders?"
"Not in battle!" he answered. "In bat-
tle, you give orders, and you expect com-
pliance. But basically, battles are won by
teamwork. The way we build a team that
will win the battle is to respect one
another, learn from one another, come
to agreement with one another."
More and' more church members are
spending five days a week in environ-
ments like this, where they participate
in management. They expect to be
respected no less in their efforts for the
Lord.
"All right, all right" Joshua says, roll-
ing his eyes heavenward. "Wouldn't you
like to.. ..don't you agree that it would be
a good idea to take a big step forward?"
Now we get to the hard part. So far we
have been dealing with what we
know.. ..picking up boxes and cariying
them forward and overcoming obstacles.
DifTicult, perhaps, but familiar. So far I
have been talking about what it means
to be a disciple in terms of what it has
meant to me over several decades of dis-
cipleship. But that's not the sum total of
the marching orders that the Lord spoke
to us through Joshua. The Lord did not
intend for us to carry our loads up to the
river's edge, and then stop.
Standing on the bank, on the brink, we
remember an old hynan....
On Jordan's stormy banks I stand and
cast a wishful eye
To Canaan's fair and happy land,
where my possessions lie.
Joshua urges us on. "Claim your pos-
sessions. Claim the unknown territory.
the excitement of the ministry of the
living God. Step out, into the future."
Yea, right, says Joe Disciple. That's
easy for you to say, fella. The way I read
this playbook, you're gonna be the one
standing on the shore with the clip-
board. I'm gonna be the one who
drowns.
Robert G. Allen gives "success semi-
nars" all over the country. In each of
these, he asks the participants to write
down the single greatest obstacle block-
ing their way. He says that the number-
one obstacle is always the same: the fear
of failure.
"What if you weren't afraid to fail?" he
asks. "If rejection and anxiety didn't
bother you, it would change your life,
wouldn't it?" If it wasn't wet out there, if
we of the Christian laity weren't afraid
of drowning, it would change the world,
wouldn't it?
Allen teaches his students five steps to
success (more stepwise discipleship!).
They begin with "Have a dream worth
failing for," and end with one simple
word: "Jump!"
Let's make a deal, Joshua Show me
the waters piled up in a heap first, and
then I'll jump.
Unfortunately and incredibly, that's
not the way it works. No deals, no
guarantees. You have to take the first
step, says Joshua.. ..says God. Faith
precedes the miracle. For 40 years, the
people of Israel wandered miserably in
the wilderness; for centuries the people
of God waited expectantly for the
miracle of redemption.
It happened. The Jordan was crossed;
the Messiah came, to them and to us.
Because it happened, drowning.. ..and
death... are swallowed up in victory.
Still, every day, we are called to believe,
and then to jump.
What does it mean to be a Christian
disciple, to follow our redeeming Lord?
I confess.... now, finally.. ..that I do not
know. I have been carrying boxes up and
down the river's edge for half a centuiy,
but I do not know exactly what will hap-
pen whenever.. ..each time.. ..the soles of
my feet hit the water.
Many years ago, when our children
were small, we had an opportunity to
take them with us on a great trip, a 9-
week tour of Europe in a camper bus.
There were only two problems: we had
never been abroad before, and we had
never camped before. When we dis-
cussed our plans with the children, we
took great pains not to call the trip a
vacation, but an adventure. We knew
that, inevitably, there would be some dif-
ficult situations and unpleasant times.
And we could imagine nine weeks of
hearing, "This is what you turkeys call a
vacation?"
There were indeed difficulties and xm-
pleasantnesses on the trip, and it was an
adventure, and it did change our
lives. ...all of our lives. Because we
jumped, into very unfamiliar waters, we
are not the same four people we were, or
would have been.
Jumping changes things. Jumping is
altogether different from picking up the
load and carrying it. Jumping gets
results. When all the kings of all the
peoples on the other side of the Jordan
heard what happened when Joshua's fol-
lowers jumped into the river, their
hearts melted, we are told. Neither was
there spirit in them any more to resist
the forward march of the children of Is-
rael.
As followers of Christ, today and every
day, we are called to jump. We are called
to faith, trust, adventure in the service
of our Lord, who admitted that he sends
us forth as lambs among wolves. Who
would respond to marching orders like
those? Would you, disciple?
Ah, times are bad. A person has to look
out for himself, think about the future.
Maybe I could stand getting my feet wet,
a little bit, but as soon as I do that, you're
gonna push me another step, and then I
will be in deep water.. ..in over my head.
What do you say to that, Joshua?
What do you say to that, God?
God says, "My dear chOd, did I ever
push you?"
And we must answer, "No, Lord.
Never."
God never pushes us into the water.
He only loves us. Loves us into faith and
action....into response to His love.
He only stands, as He stood on another
piece of watery real estate in another
Testament, and stretches out His hand,
and says, "Come."
The ministry of the laity is a life of high
adventure. "I am come that you might
have life, and that you might have it
more abundantly," is the way Jesus
defined it.
To be disciples every day is to sanctify
ourselves. To become, in God's grace, the
holy people he has called forth, to do
wonders among, starting tomorrow.
Starting, perhaps, this very afternoon!
It is, then, to wet our feet in the waters
of the Jordan. To see the waters rolled
back, our way made smooth and dry by
the hand of our God. To stop on the
other side, for a moment, and raise an
altar, as Joshua's people did, so that our
children will know the might of the
Lord. And then to set up camp and sleep.
Not understanding why we must get
our feet wet, again tomorrow, probably,
but knowing that He who bids us come
is waiting on the other side.
Knowing that.. ..eternally.. ..we will be
saved.
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DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
AprU 28, 1988
Legislative Committee Reports
0001 CCOOl
Subject: Conference of Methodist
Bishops
Petitions: 537-CC-527-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-63
Membership 39; Present 30
For 28; Against 0; Not Voting 2
Date: AprU 25, 1988
The petition will read as foUows:
There shall be a conference of
Methodist bishops, composed of all the
bishops elected by the jurisdictional and
central conferences and one bishop or
chief executive officer from each af-
filiated autonomous Methodist or
United church, which shall meet on call
of the Council of Bishops after consult-
ation with other members of the con-
ference of Methodist bishops. The travel
and other necessary expense of bishops
of affiliated autonomous Methodist or
United churches related to the meeting
of the conference of Methodist bishops
shall be paid on the same basis as that of
bishops of The United Methodist
Church.
Voted concurrence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
0002 CC002
Subject: Conference of Methodist
Bishops
Petitions: 768-CC-527-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-63
Membership 39; Present 30
For 29; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 25, 1988
Voted nonconcurrence because of the
approval of petition #537-CC-527-D,
which dealt with identical subject mat-
ter.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
0003 CC003
Subject: Becoming a Covenanting
Church
Petitions: 1078-CC-600-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-67
Membership 39; Present 30
For 26; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 25, 1988
This petition, calling for means of
developing the common bonds between
different churches, was adopted with the
following amendments:
Lines 2 and 8 were amended by strik-
ing Chri s tian and inserting in place
there of Methodist and other af-
filiated United churches.
The rationale for this amendment is
that in some countries the possibUities
for common cause, mutual support,
spiritual growth, study of Scripture, eta,
at this time, can most effectively be
achieved through Methodist and other
affiliated United churches.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
0004 CC004
Subject: Composition of Central
Conference
Petitions: 2166-CC-637-D
Pages in Advance DCA: Unpublished in
DCA
Membership: 39; Present 30
For 0; Against 26; Not Voting 1
Date: AprU 25, 1988
This petition, unpublished in the
DCA, reads as follows:
Par. 637.1 (page 286) should be
amended as follows: tho ministorial
momborc oloctod by the minietoriol mom
bors of tho annual conforonco and tho
lay mombors thoroof , and substitute:
elected by the whole body of the an-
nual conference, virhich includes all
ministerial and lay members.
The commission voted nonconcur-
rence, as Indicated above, in favor of
retaining the ciurent method of mini-
sterial members being elected by the
ministerial members of the annual con-
ference and lay members being elected
by the lay members.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
0005 CC005
Subject: Property-Holding
Authority of Central Conference
Petitions: 904-CC-638-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-66
Membership 39; Present 30
For 29; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 25, 1988
The commission recommends concur-
rence with the petition to amend Par.
638.28 by deleting of Tho United
Mothodifit Church and .
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
0006 CC006
Subject: Itineration of Bishops in
Central Conferences
Petitions: 1449-CC-638-D
Pages in Advance DCA: Unpublished in
DCA
Membership 39; Present 30
For 0; Against 26; Not Voting 1
Date: AprU 25, 1988
A petition, unpublished in the DCA,
reads as follows:
Amend Par. 638.6: A Central Con-
ference, in consultation with the bishops
of that Central Conference, shall fix the
episcopal areas and residences and make
assignments to them of the bishops who
are to reside in that Central Conference.
The bishops of a Central Conference
shall arrange the plan of episcopal visita-
tion within its bounds. In nations
where there are multiple bishops
let the provision for itineration of
bishops apply as in Jurisdictional
Conferences.
Because of language, culture, and
other major considerations, the commis-
sion recommended nonconcurrence, as
indicated above.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
0007 CC007
Subject: Autonomous Methodist
Churches
Petitions: 161-CC-647-D$
Pages in Advance DCA: C-66
Membership 39; Present 30
For 4; Against 17; Not Voting 4
Date: AprU 25, 1988
This petition, calling for a quadren-
nial review of the autonomous
Methodist churches, by the CouncU of
Bishops and the General Board of
Global Ministries, with the purpose of
their eventually becoming affiliated
autonomous churches, was deemed by
the commission to be an exercise in inap-
propriate pressure on the autonomous
Methodist churches.
Voted non-concurrence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
AprU 28, 1988
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0008 CC008
Subject: Act of Covenanting
Chiu-ches
Petitions: 1076-CC-647-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-66
Membership 39; Present 30
For 24; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 25, 1988
A retitling of Section V: Chapter Five,
making provision for the Act of
Covenanting Churches.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
0009 CC009
Subject: Definition of Autonomous
Methodist Chiu-ch and Entering
Into Covenantal Relationship
Petitions: 1085-CC-647-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-66
Membership 39; Present 30
For 24: Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 25, 1988
A petition designating an autonomous
Methodist church as a self-governing
church which has not entered into the
Act of Covenanting with The United
Methodist Church.
Voted concurrence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
0010 CCOIO
Subject: An Act of Covenanting
Petitions: 1077-CC-648-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-66
Membership 39; Present 30
For 19: Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprO 25, 1988
A petition defining how an Act of
Covenanting (Par. 650) between an
autonomous Methodist church and The
United Methodist Church creates the
relationship known as affiliated
autonomous Methodist church.
Voted concurrence.
( ) Concurrence
) Nonconcurrence Date /
0011 ccon
Subject: Concordat Agreements
Petitions: 542-CC-652-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-67
Membership 39; Present 30
For 26; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 25, 1988
This petition is an amendment to Par.
652.3a and b, defming the processes for
developing a concordat relationship be-
tween a church and The United
Methodist Church.
Voted concurrence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
0012 CC012
Becoming Part of The United
Methodist Church
Petitions: 160-CC-653-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-67
Membership 39; Present 30
For 7; Against 16; Not Voting 5
Date: AprU 25, 1988
A petition defming the manner in
which a church applies for membership
in a central or provisional central con-
ference.
Voted nonconcurrence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
0013 CC013
Subject: Executive Committee on
Commission on Central Affairs
Petitions: 565-CC-2301-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-120
Membership 39; Present 30
For 27; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 25, 1988
A petition empowering the executive
committee of the Commission on
Central Conference Affairs to act on be-
half of the commission during the inter-
im between General Conferences.
Voted concurrence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
00014 CC014
Subject: A Proposed New Central
Africa Conference
Petitions: 2662-CC-636-D
Pages in Advance DCA: Unpublished in
the Advance DCA
Membership 39; Present 30
For 28; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 25, 1988
A new petition, unpublished in the Ad-
vance DCA, from the Central Africa Con-
ference, proposing an increase in the
number of episcopal areas in the Central
Africa Conference from seven (7) to
eight (8).
Because of significant numerical
growth in our church in this region, the
commission recommends concurrence as
indicated above.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
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DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
April 28, 1988
Proceedings of the 1988 General Conference of
The United Methodist Chiu-ch
Conunittee On Joiu-nal
Report
The Committee on Journal
hereby certifies as accurate, with the
following corrections, the proceedings
as printed in the Daily Christian Ad-
vocate for Tuesday, April 26, 1988.
Daily Edition, p. 86, col. 1, 1. 36-37:
"votes yea and nay options."
Daily Edition, p. 86, col. 1, par. 3:
Woodring said, 'You folks out there
don't know how relieved I am" (not
Bishop Hunt).
Daily Edition, p. 87, col. 1, 1. 22:
(After malfunction of the voting
process. Bishop Hunt continued.)
Daily Edition, p. 91, col. 2, par. 9:
Bishop Hunt responds to Cleveland's
question: BISHOP HUNT: These rules
are from the 1984 Session and they ob-
tain until the 1988 rules have been
adopted.
Daily Edition, p. 91, col. 3, par. 1:
Bishop Duffey places Dr. Faith
Richardson in nomination (not
Cleveland).
Daily Edition, p. 91, col. 3: 6th
speaker should be PHILLIPS instead
ofMOTT.
Daily Edition, p. 91, col. 3: All cita-
tions attributed to BISHOP DUFFEY
should read BISHOP HUNT, who was
presiding.
Daily Edition, p. 92, col. 1, par. 2:
Bishop Hunt is speaking, not Bishop
Duffey.
Jamima DeMarcus (chair)
Wednesday Morning
April 27, 1988
Bishop Arthur Kulah, presiding
BISHOP KULAH: The second session
of the 1988 General Conference is called
to order. Good morning to all.
DELEGATES: Good morning. Bishop
Kulah.
BISHOP KULAH: I just signed for
Bishop James Ault of the Pittsburgh Area
to come and lead us in our devotion.
(Morning Devotions)
MARCUS FANG (Wisconsin): The Ad-
dress Search Committee issued a call for
participation from all the conferences. In-
terested laypersons were invited to submit
their speeches on the subject: "Ministry of
the Laity-What it Means to be Disciples
Everyday," and we placed a 20-minute
limit on these speeches. We received a
total of 324 manuscripts. The Search
Committee was determined at the very
outset to ensure that the search process
would be characterized by total fair-
ness.. .Mr. Clean operation, if you will. Ac-
cordingly, all identifications were
removed from each manuscript before it
was sent to a panel of screeners, who were
inclusive of gender, race, and jurisdiction-
al affiliation. The four finalists identified
by the screeners delivered their speeches
before a panel of impartial judges during
the annual meeting of the National As-
sociation of Annual Conference Lay
Leaders. The presenter of the 1988 Laity
Address emerged from this process.
It is my honor and privilege to introduce
to you Joan Nagle, a member of First
United Methodist Church, Murraysville,
and of the Western Pennsylvania Con-
ference. A chemist by training, Joan is a
senior engineer with a mjgor corporation
and editor of a professional journal for en-
gineers. Joan has served The United
Methodist Church in a number of
capacities over the years-lay leader,
church school teacher, United Methodist
Women president, trustee, COSROW
commissioner. United Methodist Founda-
tion member-the list goes on. My sisters
and brothers, it is with great pleasure and
pride that I present to you, Joan Nagle.
(applause)
(The full text of the Laity Address is
found elsewhere in this edition.)
BISHOP KULAH: Yes, back there, (in-
audible) Is it working? Is it on? (inaudible)
please.
DONALD JOINER (Western Pennsyl-
vania (Conference): Mr. President,
delegates of this General Conference,
guests and visitors. I request the distinct
honor and the exciting privilege to express
our thanks and deep appreciation to Joan
Nagle for her outstanding and challenging
address. She is from the Murraysville
Church, Greensburg District, located 25
miles east of Pittsburgh. As her District
Superintendent, I speak for our delega-
tion, her husband, Elliot, and mother who
are present with us, and for all of the body
here today in applauding Joan for her
splendid afilrmation of the faith, her
Lord, and her challenging us all to dis-
cipleship. I invite all of us to again applaud
Joan in deep appreciation for gratitude
and joy in this great experience. Thank
you. (applause)
BISHOP KULAH: Thank you very
much on behalf of the General Con-
ference. Sister Joan, we would like to ex-
press our thanks and appreciation to you
for this splendid speech you have given. It
is a challenge to all of us, and we pray and
hope that this conference is going to learn
from what you have said and move for-
ward as a result of your speech. Thank you
very much. At this time I will call on the
publishing house to come forward and
present a gift. Robert Feaster, Dr. Robert
Feaster.
ROBERT FEASTER: This 1988
(General Conference of The United
Methodist Church is one of those rare oc-
casions when more than one hymnal ap-
pears on the desks of the delegates. In fact,
this may be the only General Conference
when not two but three hymnals have ap-
peared on your desks, for in addition to the
normal General Conference edition of the
present Book of Hymns were the
recipients of the work of the Hymnal
Revision Committee whose work will be
considered at this General Conference for
adoption as a first United Methodist hym
nal. But on this occasion. The United
Methodist Publishing House has dis
tributed to you last night a third hymnal
This facsimile copy of John Wesley's first
hymnbook was distributed with our com
pliments to all delegates in official atten
dance at this General Conference.
One of the first matters that John Wes-
ley attended to on his arrival in Charles-
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ton on Thursday, April 14, in the year
1737, was the printing of a collection of
hymns and psalms which he began using
in the summer of 1737. At the publishing
house we faithfully duplicated every detail
of that 1737 hymnal, a special edition, to
help commemorate the 200th anniversary
of The United Methodist Publishing
House. John Wesley was the example to
the early Methodists as they engaged in
publishing, and it was at St. George's
Church in Philadelphia that John Dickens
would, in 1789, become the
denomination's first book steward and
make the newly authorized Methodist
Book Concern a reality.
Beginning now at this General Con-
ference and extending through 1989, The
United Methodist Publishing House will
sponsor a number of events to celebrate its
200th anniversary year, and we hope that
by receiving this gift of John Wesley's first
hymnal, you will begin to help us celebrate
immediately. Thank you very much, (ap-
plause)
BISHOP KULAH: Thank you very
kindly. I now call on Sister Faith
Richardson to come and present to us the
trustees of the old John Street UMC
board. Sister Richardson.
FAITH RICHARDSON: The Deed of
Trust of the John Street UMC of New
York City calls for the election of the
church's board of trustees by the General
Conference. This has been done since
1868. Therefore, on behalf of the Charge
Conference of John Street UMC of New
York City, I present their nominees to you
as follows, these trustees to serve for the
period 1988 to 1992. The resident bishop
of the New York Annual Conference,
Mary Elizabeth Hurt, Marjorie Domes,
Warren L. Jurvey, William C. Kirkwood,
Raynor R. Rogers, Steven Rose, William T.
Staubach Jr., L. Rose Sanune. These
names are before you. Bishop Kulah.
BISHOP KULAH: Thank you. The
names cited for you for election. Those
who will have these persons elected, show
their hands; those against? They are
elected. Thank you.
RICHARDSON: Then I am to present
the nominees for the Interjurisdictional
Committee on Episcopacy. These are
found in your Advance DCA pp. A-81-82.
The names listed here are those I received
from the delegations of annual conferen-
ces in the five jurisdictions. However, on
p. A-82 in the Southeastern Jurisdiction,
since the list was printed, I have received
three changes. May I give them to you,
please?
BISHOP KULAH: Yes, please.
RICHARDSON: For the North
Alabama Annual Conference, clergy
column, to replace Paul M. Gauntt, is
Ralph K. Bates. In the lay column, to
replace Mollie Stewart is Leon C. Ham-
rick. The Red Bird Missionary Con-
ference, clergy colunm, to replace David
Allen, J. Jamison Brunk. These nominees
are before you.
BISHOP KULAH: All right, the
nominees are before you for election.
Those who would have these persons
elected..., yes, not before 10, please.
RETA BARTO (Eastern Pennsylvania):
The Reverend Claude Edmonds will
replace the Reverend Henry Nichols for
Eastern Pennsylvania Conference.
BISHOP KULAH: All right, would you
say that? All right, will you say that?
RICHARDSON: Claude Edmonds to
replace Henry Nichols.
BISHOP KULAH: Thank you very
much. Next? Microphone either 4 or 9.
Four. You would realize this morning that
you have an African presiding, and
English is not my first language. There-
fore, I will ask that you speak very slowly
so that I will be able to understand. Thank
you. Go ahead.
JEAN SCOTT (Missouri East): Roslyn
Sykes, laity, will replace John Martin,
laity.
BISHOP KULAH: Missouri East, all
right.
RICHARDSON: Roslyn Sykes is listed.
SCOTT: Is she? Thank you.
BISHOP KULAH: She is listed, thank
you. Are there other nominations? All
right, those who will have these persons
elected, show their hands. Those against?
They are elected. Thank you. All right,
thank you veiy much. We now call on Dr.
Frank Nestler, with the Committee on
Planning, Plan of Organization and Rules
of Order. This is the ending of what we
started yesterday.
FRANK NESTLER: We're back to Ad-
vance Edition B, Committee on Plan of
Organization and Rules of Order. We'll
start now and go through it in order, since
we lifted up the matters that were of con-
cern yesterday that needed to be com-
pleted. I think, in many instances, I will
merely make some comments about the
changes as we go through. And hopefully,
we'll get through the whole plan of or-
ganization, and then vote on it as a whole.
But if there are questions as we go along, I
will try to entertain them.
The changes in I, Opening Session and
Organization, have to deal with combin-
ing the Holy Communion and the
Memorial Service, which has been done
and was done in the fashion of yesterday.
The roll call where you see deletions have
not reaUy changed anything, except we
have felt it was not necessary to always
print in the Daily Christian Advocate all
the absentees and substitutions as long as
they are reported to the secretary as is in-
dicated here. That ought to be enough, so
we have dropped the requirement that
they be tabulated and published each day
in \.he Daily Christian Advocate. Section B
and Section C are unchanged.
Under 11, the intent there is to recognize
the global nature of The United Methodist
Church, and I've added that in giving the
quadrennial lay address that they should
consult with lay leadership of the central
conferences as well as those within the
United States.
III, in Presiding Officers, the deleted
material has been transferred, and we wEl
come to that when we come to the Com-
mittee on Presiding Officers. There will be
some revision, but we will get to that in a
moment.
IV, we dealt with yesterday.
V, again we recognize the global nature
of the church and are asking that at least
one of the members of the Commission on
General Conference shall be from an an-
nual conference outside the United States.
The material at the end in boldface type
on B has been transferred from the Cour-
tesies and Privileges Committee. It's not
new; it's just been placed in a new spot.
Number C, the Memorial Service has been
moved, as we already indicated, to the first
part.
VI, we have the same number of mem-
bers on the Plan of Organization and
Rules of Order; however, we had the
secretary listed as one of the 1 1, so we now
have worded it so that there will be 10, in-
cluding membership from each of the
jurisdictions and from annual conferences
outside the United States, and that the
business manager shall be made an ex of-
ficio member along with the secretary; for
we have found it important at times to
have the business manager in on our con-
versations. The facilities help us deter-
mine in part the number of committees
that are possible and other things that arc
helpful to us.
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AprU 28, 1988
We come to the committees under Vn.
Again, interim authority was granted to
this committee to do this; they are the
committees and with the responsibilities
as we have here. The changes under calen-
dar are primarily one of language; it seems
to be more appropriate. Correlation and
Editorial Revision Committee has been
reduced from 5 to 4 on the basis of evalua-
tions and the needs that are there. Since
these people are not members of the
General Conference, and since some of
their meetings are not always at the site of
the General Conference, it seemed ap-
propriate that we change, instead of
saying that they would have the travel ex-
pense and per diem allowance the same as
delegates, that they be reimbursed for
their expenses because they are not always
at the site of the General Conference.
As we go along, I think again in the
credentials it's a matter merely of saying
that we no longer have to report in the
Daily Christian Advocate, that reporting
to the secretary of the General Con-
ference, listing the changes, is adequate
for ours. The Committee on JoxuTial has
been reduced to 3, again in light of evalua-
tions which seem to think this is all that's
necessary for this task. The presiding of-
ficers, the amount that.. .the part that's
been added there replaces what we deleted
earlier, the matter in which the presiding
officers shall be selected, again has come
from evaluation and consultation with the
previous chairperson of that committee
and we think it will be effective in select-
ing the presiding officers.
The Reference Committee, most of the
changes there are merely wording;
however, we would call attention.. .we did
delete the automatic referral of the Epis-
copal and Laity Addresses to appropriate
conmiittees. We have done that for per-
haps three reasons in our discussion. One
is that as these addresses are made, they
become the property of all of you and will
be influential in your decision making.
Secondly, it is not always easy to break
down such addresses for specific legisla-
tion. Some addresses may have specific
recommendations in them; they're more
easily referred than others. So if there are
occasions when that is true, then the
General Conference still has the privilege
of referring them; but to make it
automatic did not seem to be in the best
interest.
Under B on B-9 we have deleted the
matter of promptly advising the author or
authors there of its action in order that an
appeal may be beat to the conference if
therefore...the conference, if desired. We
deleted that primarily because of the im-
possibility of doing that. If somebody
sends a petition from San Francisco, and
it is deemed improper after getting here,
for reference, and we have to make all the
phone calls for all those, it seems to be an
impractical matter to follow. And the
other matter is a matter of a job descrip-
tion of the secretary, which is automatical-
ly cared for. We deleted the tellers, and we
had picked that up in another part as you
remember. The standing legislative com-
mittees were all acted upon yesterday.
That brings us then over to D and E and
F, in which there are no substantive chan-
ges except for language. Eight is un-
changed. Nine is unchanged. Ten is
merely a matter which we think will
clarify in the event of being challenged,
and it has been requested so that the
process for the book editor and the like
will be properly handled if such an issue
The other matters in the 13 reports to
be mailed before the General Conference,
I think, are matters that are just matters
within discipline in keeping. That com-
pletes the run-through for that portion of
our reports on plan of organization. And,
Bishop, I move the adoption of the plan of
organization.
BISHOP KULAH: All right, those in
favor of approving adopting this report
show their hands. All right, keep it up,
please. We need two-thirds vote here. All
right, those against? It prevails. Thank
you.
FRANK NESTLER: The rules of order
are basically unchanged as you go
through. We have perhaps simplified
under Rule 5 a reserve delegate may be
seated upon authority of the chairperson
of the delegation who shall report.
BISHOP KULAH: Where are you now,
please?
NESTLER: I am in the rules of order at
the top of B-16. It starts at the bottom of
B-15, Rule 5. We have tried to simplify the
process some: "A reserve delegate may be
seated upon authority of the chairperson
of the delegation who shall report the sub-
stitution to the Committee on Credentials
on a form provided for this purpose." And
again we have said that "the chairperson
the Committee on Credentials shall make
a daUy written report to the secretary of
the General Conference" and that will be
sufficient without then being printed in
the Daily Christian Advocate.
Rule 6, this has been an effort to be prac-
ticed in the past and we put it in here very
specifically: "A delegate shall not move to
the microphone imtil recognized by the
presiding bishop."
I think you can move then over to Rule
29, which is on B-18. There in 29-2 there
is boldface type that is merely placed here
because we think it is more appropriate to
be placed here and has been removed from
Rule 32. 1 think those are the only items I
need to call attention to. So now I move
that the rules of order of this General Con-
ference be adopted as printed.
BISHOP KULAH: All right.
Microphone 3.
RICHARD LOONEY (Holston): Inquiry
for clarification on a minority reports. It's
my assumption that minority report com-
ing from a legislative committee can simp-
ly ask for the retention of the present
wording in the Discipline. In past General
Conferences there has been some con-
fusion about that, and I would like a
clarification on what is a legitimate
minority report. Depending on the
answer, I may have a motion.
NESTLER: I wonder if I could ask Judge
Bray who is a member of our committee,
if he is present, to speak on this. He
presented this to our training conference
yesterday. Judge Bray are you present?
He'll go to a microphone here. He's a
member of the committee and, I think,
can respond to that.
JERRY BRAY: I heard the question, but
I didn't understand it.
BISHOP KULAH: Repeat your ques-
tion, please.
LOONEY: A minority report coming
from a legislative committee, my assump-
tion is that if there is a move in commit-
tee to change the wording of the
Discipline, the minority report could be
simply to retain the present wording. But
in the past there has been some confusion
about that. Before we go into committee, I
think it needs to be clarified.
BRAY: You have to consider what the
majority report is. You are saying a
minority report. If there is a majority
report, the minority report must be a
proposal that covers the same area
without being the negative of the proposi-
tion or in the majority report. In other
words, you can't come in just with a
minority report say vote no on the
proposition that the majority is putting
forward. You can't have a minority report
if you don't have a majority report.
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BISHOP KULAH: Thank you very
much. You understand? It is not a negative
report but is an approach to what the
report is saying.
LOONEY: I'm not sure I understand; I
hope I do.
BISHOP KULAH: Thank you very
much. Yes.
HELEN RHEA COPPEDGE (South
Georgia): Is it appropriate to move an
amendment right now on Rule 29? It's
page B-18, Rule 29-1. I'd like to move that
it be amended by addition of a very simple
phrase at the end of that Section 1.
Change the period to a comma and add
"unless it is given special instructions by
the General Conference." If I get a second,
I'd like to speak to it.
BISHOP KULAH: Is there a second? All
right, you may speak now.
COPPEDGE: It's really a very simple
thing. I think it simply makes explicit the
authority of the General Conference to in-
struct a committee. There might be some
situations where timing would facilitate
the overall action of the General Con-
ference, and it might be that there would
be some specific instructions that the con-
ference would wish to give to a committee
in terms of timing or whatever, and I think
this just makes the conference's authority
to do that explicit.
BISHOP KULAH: Do you accept that?
NESTLER: I don't see any objection to
it~whether it needs to be here. What I
tried to remind the Committee on Calen-
dar helps determine how things come, and
that is in the process. I have no objection
to it. However, I don't know that it adds
anything to that particular.
BISHOP KULAH: Any objection? All
right, there is none. Therefore it is ac-
cepted. Thank you.
DANIEL BREWER (Liberia): I'm as-
king for a motion to reconsider or try to
get a chair before we took the vote because
I need clarification of Rule 5 on B-7.
BISHOP KULAH: As far as I know, the
whole rule has not been adopted, there-
fore there is no need for a reconsideration.
There is no need for a motion.
BREWER: All right. My concern is the
equivalent of the jurisdiction conference
in the United States is the central con-
ference outside of the United States. And
I am wondering if it is the intention to
equate the central conference here with
the jurisdictional conference rather than
to read jurisdiction membership from
each of the jurisdictions and from annual
conferences outside the United States.
Should it not be members from each of the
jurisdictional conferences and from the
central conferences outside the United
States instead?
BISHOP KULAH: What page are you
on, Dan?
BREWER: B-5-6, the Plan of Organiza-
tion and Rules of Order, Par. A. Pardon
me, B-7.
BISHOP KULAH: Please identify them
more clearly.
BREWER: B-7A, the first paragraph:
'There shall be a Committee on Plan of
Organization and Rules of Order of ten
members, including membership from
each of the Jurisdictions and from Annual
Conferences outside of the United States."
And the annual conferences and the
central conferences outside the United
States is the equivalent of the jurisdiction-
al conference in the United States.
BISHOP KULAH: All right, thank you.
An objection? All right. Do you have some-
thing else?
FRANK NESTLER: Well, I'm not sure,
but this is under VI-A on the plan of or-
ganization and rules of order: 'There shall
be a Committee on Plan of Organization
and Rules of Order often including mem-
bership from each of the jurisdictions and
from annual..." wants to change that to
central conference, is that right?
BISHOP KULAH: Central conference?
The central conference outside of the
United States is comparable to jurisdic-
tional conference.
NESTLER: I'm wUling to accept that
unless there is any objection.
BISHOP KULAH: All right, very weU,
is there objection? All right, I am ready for
the motion for the adoption of the whole
rule of order. Those in favor show their
hands; those against? It is revealed by two-
thirds vote. Thank yoa
NESTLER: Bishop, may I just say one
word of appreciation? You have listed on
B-4 at the end of the introduction the
members of the committee who have
served with me, and I appreciate their ef-
forts. And this is not the easiest of jobs,
but they have served well; and I want to
express a word of appreciation.
BISHOP KULAH: Thank you very
much. Yes, let's give them a hand, please.
(applause) Yes.
JOEL MARTINEZ (Rio Grande):
Yesterday, in the course of the presenta-
tion of this report, there was a person
nominated from the floor for secretary of
the General Conference. I need your
guidance, Bishop. My interest is that some
biographical information on that nominee
be printed in the DCA as early as practi-
cal. I would so move, unless there's plans
already to do it.
BISHOP KULAH: All right. Where's
the secretary?
MARTINEZ: WiU there be biographical
information on Carolyn Marshall printed
in the DCA?
FAITH RICHARDSON: If it is so
directed, it could be.
MARTINEZ: I so move.
BISHOP KULAH: Is there a second?
Yes.
JEROME DEL PINO (Southern New
England): My question is, Bishop, if the
biographical information will be given on
both nominees.
BISHOP KULAH: Should be, should be.
Yes. Number 3, go to the mike please.
PETER SUN (Baltimore): I was going to
ask to include both nominees resume.
BISHOP KULAH: AU right, he's going
to ask that we include both nominees'
resxmie. All right, very good. Anything
else? OK, those in favor of the motion,
please show their hands. Against? It will
be printed in the DCA, thank you. All
right. We are now on the test of voting
equipment. Let's try it once more. Yester-
day, we tried it, but let's tiy it once more.
Yes, back there. Number 12 or 11.
JEFF GOOD (West Ohio): I was
wondering is there a problem with the
equipment that the page numbers is not
shown on the screen?
BISHOP KULAH: Yes, that's why he's
here. All right, thank you, go ahead.
DEWAYNE WOODRING: I'm sorry; I
don't know the answer to the question be-
cause I've been working on the other
problem from yesterday. But I'U find out
for you. I was sort of afraid to show up
today. How many delegates sitting here
have worked with computers? Would you
put up your hands? Thank you. How many
of you have had problems with computers?
I think there's more of you with problems
than have worked with them. Those of you
who raised your hands know our utter
frustrations of yesterday with the com-
puter which operates the electronic voting
system.
I'm pleased to report that last evening
the entire voting system was tested. Utiliz-
ing the 482 voice choir who thought they
came to sing, each member of the choir
registered their votes on two key pads, not
just one but on two. The votes recorded on
the screen came to 964 just as it should
have been recorded. We therefore know
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the system works; however, today there is
an entire staff that we got out of bed last
night at 1:00 this morning in New York
City that are computer programmers, and
they are working today rechecking the
system. Therefore, we are postponing
reactivating the system until we are sure
all is well. If it isn't, you will not see me
again. If it is, another day will be here; and
I will appear again.
BISHOP KULAH: Thank you very
much. We will have you excused until that
time. Thank you. We now ask for Dr. John
Bevan to come and give us the agenda for
Thursday.
JOHN BEVAN: Bishop Kulah, mem-
bers of the conference, at the present time
Thursday's agenda is very tentative.
However, tentatively, I underscore, we
will have, well definitely, we will have
presentation of the retiring bishops at
9:00, a report from the Council of Bishops
on the mission consultation, both to be,
both the presentation of retiring bishops
and the report to be made by Bishop Paul
Duffey. There may be other items that will
come to the agenda committee this morn-
ing, but it seems imlikely, so it appears
that the majority of Thursday will be for
legislative committee work.
BISHOP KULAH: Thank you very
much. Yes. Microphone 7.
BOB WATERS (Texas): Bishop, I
sought yesterday to introduce an amend-
ment to the agenda committee's report. It
seems apparent that the report will be a
day by day affair, and in behalf of the
Texas Conference delegation, we should
like to establish an order of the day for
next Monday. Therefore I should like to
offer the following resolution as an
amendment to the report of the agenda
committee. Resolved, that all petitions
and proposals concerned with the lan-
guage of the Discipline and the Social
Creed regarding homosexuality and the
ordination and appointment of self-
avowed practicing homosexuals shall be
made the order of the day for Monday,
May 2nd, at 10:30 a.m, with all debate and
voting on those issues to be completed by
noon of that session.
BISHOP KULAH: Is there a second?
The second is before us.
WATERS: May I speak to that motion?
BISHOP KULAH: You may very well.
WATERS: Our delegation has debated
this concern. We feel that the larger
majority of the people who now sit in this
assembly, came predisposed in mind as to
how they will vote on the language of the
Social Creed and the Discipline regarding
homosexuality and the appointment and
organization of homosexuals. Secondly,
we feel that to continue a debate on this
issue, which has been before the General
Conference many times, longer than an
hour and a half is to dissipate energies that
need to be spent in many other crucial
concerns by people already xmder the
duress of limited time. We ask the ap-
proval of this amendment.
BISHOP KULAH: Thank you. Yes.
Microphone 12.
JOHN STUMBO (Kansas East): I think
I can support the proposed amendment
except for one provision, and that is plac-
ing a final conclusion time on the proposal
it seems to me prematurely limits the
ability to amend and substitute and debate
the issue. We have limitations on the num-
ber of debates and the length of the
debate, and so I can support the idea of an
agenda item for the day, but I oppose any
limitation that we must conclude it by
noon on that day.
BISHOP KULAH: AU right. Do you
want to speak to that. Go ahead, number
3,2.
CHARLES DUNDAS (Minnesota):
Bishop, I would move to delete the time
limitation for debate.
BISHOP KULAH: Is there a second? All
right. Anybody want to speak to it?
DUNDAS: Yes. I would choose to speak
against it. Bishop. The motion tends to
limit...
WATERS: Point of order. May I speak
since I made the motion? I simply agree
with Mr. Stumbo, that we should not place
the limitation on the debate and the op-
portimity to amend and discuss this issue.
BISHOP KULAH: All right, the amend-
ment is before us: that we accept the
amendment except the timing, the time
factor. Are you ready to vote? Those in
favor show their hands. All right. We are
on the amendment to the amendment. Do
you understand? Question? Yes.
RHETT JACKSON (South Carolina): If
we pass the original motion with the time
limitation, will the conference on Monday
have an option to continue the time in
some way, if we pass the motion in that
manner. Can we suspend the rules at that
time, and extend the time?
BISHOP KULAH: Yes, that's the right
procedure. The amendment is here before
us to delete the time factor for the amend-
ment. Those who are in favor, show their
hands. Those against. It loses; we need to
have two-thirds vote. Yes.
BILL MCCARTNEY (East Ohio): Are
we back on the main amendment?
BISHOP KULAH: We are on the main
amendment, yes.
MCCARTNEY: I would like to speak
against it on the basis of the philosophy of
it. We have established clear rules of the
way that the deliberation of this body
should go. Providing for committees that
shall oversee the conduct of legislation
bringing them to the plenary session in or-
derly fashion. I think that it is a dangerous
precedent for us to take legislation, no
matter how important, no matter how ex-
plosive it has been, and have the plenaiy
session take away the responsibility from
those agenda committees and act in this
fashion. Additionally, it presumes that the
legislative committees will have finished
their action, when in fact they may still be
deliberating very carefully on the sub-
stance of this very important issue.
BISHOP KULAH: AU right. That's a
motion that speaks against the motion. Is
anybody for? Are you for? All right,
microphone 12.
MCCARTNEY: Sir, were you asking me
was I for or against? Somebody told me
you were asking me if I was for or against?
BISHOP KULAH: (inaudible) your
speech betray you, sir. Your speech dear-
ly indicated that you...
MCCARTNEY: I thought so.
BISHOP KULAH: Thank you. Yes.
DICK TRUITT (Wisconsin): Bishop,
the question is did you rule that the mo-
tion was defeated because of a two-thirds
rule?
BISHOP KULAH: All right, that was a
mistake. Yes.
TRUITT: The rule to end debate, as I
understand the rules, does require two-
thirds vote. An amendment to the motion
does not need more than a simple
mjoority. Therefore, it seems to me that
the amendment was already supported.
BISHOP KULAH: No, sir, according to
what I said, it was not supported. And
when I said two-thirds, it was a clear mis-
take of the chair and I'll have it corrected
right away. Thank you. Yes. Is that a
speech for?
UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: It is a
speech for.
BISHOP KULAH: We need a speech for
now.
UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: You need
a speech for?
BISHOP KULAH: Yes.
UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: This is
against.
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119
BISHOP KULAH: A speech against, all
right. Is there a speech for? All right, 3.
LEROY MOORE aowa): A legislative
body always has control of its own time.
This is not a dangerous precedent. We can
decide whether we want to debate some-
thing at great length or at short length,
and I would urge the body to support this
motion.
BISHOP KULAH: Anyone against? OK
J. PHILIP WOGAMAN (Baltimore):
Are we on the main motion?
BISHOP KULAH: Yes, we are on the
main motion.
WOGAMAN: I stand opposed to this be-
cause this motion is based on the assump-
tion that we have already made up our
minds on one of the most explosive and
divisive issues facing the church. It is ex-
actly that kind of issue we should be
deliberative about and not assume that we
have come to the place of the General Con-
ference with our minds already made up.
There needs to be room in this body for
careful deliberation and thought on issues
of this kind.
BISHOP KULAH: Thank you very
much. At this time we ask, anyone
against? For? Are you for? OK, go ahead,
6.
JOE PEVAHOUSE (Memphis): Since
this issue became up on the agenda of the
pre-conference agenda, it has dominated
all the other agenda items. It would seem
to me that it's important we go on and
move on this item and discuss it and get it
decided so that we can move on to the
other important items that are coming
before the conference, number one. And
number two, before us it is a volatile issue.
It's an emotional issue, and let's get on
with it and vote on it early, so that we
won't have to be pressed for time and get
involved in that kind of thing.
BISHOP KULAH: Thank you very
much. We have 3 for and 3 against. We
now ask the motion to be repeated so that
we'll go ahead and take the vote.
Secretary, go ahead
RICHARDSON: Resolve that all peti-
tions and proposals concerned with the
language of the Discipline and the Social
Creed regarding homosexuality and the
ordination and appointment of self-
avowed, practicing homosexuals shall be
made the order of the day for Monday,
May 2nd, at 10:30 a.m. with all debate and
voting on these issues to be completed by
noon of that session.
BISHOP KULAH: Are you ready for the
motion? Those in favor of this motion.
please stand. All right, please sit, point of
order. What's your point of order? 15. (in-
audible) The answer is no, thank you. Do
you understand the motion before us? All
right, those who are in favor of this mo-
tion, I will ask you to stand. All right,
please sit. Those against, please stand. All
right, from where I sit, the motion carries.
Thank you very much. Yes.
P. BOYD MATHER (Iowa): I believe by
Rule 25 it does in fact require a two-thirds
vote. In order to set a special order of the
day, ahead of time, it requires two-thirds
vote, according to Rule 25.
BISHOP KULAH: Rule 25, what page is
that? B-1. Cinaudible) Thank you for
bringing that to our attention. We hope
and pray that you will bring this kind of
thing to the attention of presiding order
before the vote is taken, when the chair
has declared. It is not good to always come
up with something that the chair has al-
ready cleared on. (inaudible) Good, he is
correct, so we will vote again, and we will
have two-thirds vote. We will make sure
that we have two-thirds vote. What is the
point of order?
JOE BULLINGTON (Alabama-West
Florida): As I read Rule 25, it says that it
takes a two-thirds majority to consider a
special order before the time set therefore.
The time, as I understand, has not been
set, and the body is simply setting the time
at which we will consider this item. It does
not call for a special order of the day to re-
quire a two-thirds vote.
BISHOP KULAH: Thank you. He is
correct. And, therefore, the ruling of the
chair stands. Thank you. (applcuise) Yes,
back there.
DICK TRUITT (Wisconsin): Bishop,
the rule to limit debate does require two-
thirds vote. If you look on p. B-21, it sug-
gests: limit debate. The last column says
vote needed: two-thirds needed. Two-
thirds majority would be needed to limit
debate. That motion limited debate. It set
a limitation on debate. Therefore, unless
there was a clear two-thirds vote support-
ing the motion, it has to be declared a
failed motion.
BISHOP KULAH: You are my brother,
you are out of order. This motion does not
limit debate. It is to set the order of the
day for next Monday, and therefore you
are out of order. Thank you. All right, (in-
audible) at this time I will call on.. .point of
order.. .number 10.
ARTHUR F. HAGY JR. (Troy Con-
ference): I would like to challenge the
chair's decision that motion does not limit
debate.
BISHOP KULAH: All right. You're ap-
pealing to the house.
HAGY: That's correct.
BISHOP KULAH: All right. In this case,
I have the right to make a statement, and
that statement is that the motion before
us was a motion to set an order of the day
for next Monday. It was not to limit any
debate. Thank you.
JOHN E. STUMBO (Kansas East):
Bishop, my concern is that the 12:00 com-
pletion part of the motion has the effect of
limiting debate. The setting of the agenda
time as a special order of the day does not,
and I think the chair is correct. The part
of the motion, however, which attempts to
limit.. .to conclude the matter by 12:00 sys-
temically limits the possibility of debate
and therefore requires two-thirds
majority.
BISHOP KULAH: (inaudible) All right.
In a case where somebody appealed to the
house who (inaudible) to see whether he
sustained the declaration of the chair and
we need a m^ority vote. All right. It is now
before us. Those who have sustained the
declaration of the chair, please show their
hands. Thank you. Those against? All
right. Let's count... Let's have a coimt. You
don't want to do that? You want to take a
chance with the chair? (applause and
laughter) All right, all right. Again, let's
stand. Those who agree with the declara-
tion of the chair, please stand. Thank you
very much. Please sit. Those against? It
doesn't cany. All right. I'm afraid to say
that the chair has lost. Thank you. (in-
audible) All right. Number 2.
MAXIE DUNNAM (Memphis): I voted
for the motion. And I move to reconsider
and that we consider the two separate is-
sues in the motion separately.. .that we
vote on making it the order of the day and
then that we vote on the time schedule
separately.
BISHOP KULAH: Is there a second? All
right. Do you want to speak? All right.
Those in favor, show their hands.
Against? All right. He has been separated.
Cinaudible) is the order of the day. All
right, those in favor of studying it on Mon-
day as the order of the day please show
their hands. Those against? Majority car-
ries. All right. The time factor, those in
favor of ..do you want to speak.. .the time,
please show their hands. All right. This
time we need two-thirds vote. Those
against? It does not prevail. Anything
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else? (inaudible) All right. Number 3,
KATHRYN MOORE (Iowa Con-
ference): I would ask if the house might
refrain from clapping afler votes are taken
because we are not here to win or lose. We
are here to discern what God's will is for
the church.
BISHOP KULAH: Thank you very
much. Now, I want to remind you that the
order of the day calls for adjournment and
we're past the time. So therefore, before
we at^ourn, I want to call on Bishop Prince
A. Taylor. All right, presiding officer
report. Sorry.
JAMES M. WALKER (Southwest
Texas): Bishop Kulah, the Committee on
Presiding Officers is pleased to announce
that our presiding officer in the morning
session.. .tomorrow morning's ses-
sion...will be Bishop Edsel A. Ammons of
West Ohio.
BISHOP KULAH: Thank you very
much. All right. It is good for me to clap
for him. At this time, I'm going to call on
Bishop Prince A. Taylor, the man who
hugged me in the ministry, to come and
give the closing prayer. Bishop Taylor.
(prayer)
BISHOP KULAH: Amen. We stand ad-
journed.
Daily Report
Daily Christian Advocate
THE GENERAL CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
voi.vn
St. Louis, Missouri, Friday, April 29, 1988
No. 4
Legislative committee work occupies most of early days. Church and society, one of 1 1 legisla-
tive groups, discusses a proposal. (John Goodwin Photo)
International Participants Demonstrate Global Reach of Wesleyanism
From Argentina to Singapore, the
global reach of the Wesleyan movement
came alive Thursday.
Leaders of more than a dozen
autonomous Methodist bodies affiliated
with The United Methodist Church were
introduced at the morning session. Ar-
gentina, Bolivia, Brazil, the Caribbean,
Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, England,
Indonesia and Singapore were among
the lands represented by the visitors.
"We know they have graced us with their
wisdom and their understanding," said
the Rev. Cliflon Ives, Portland, Me., in
making the presentation.
Honors accorded two key leaders in the
1988 General Conference during a World
Methodist Council luncheon accented
the morning presentations.
Frances Alguire, Downers Grove, 111.,
who chairs the Commission on the
General Conference, and Bishop Earl G.
Hunt Jr., Lakeland, Fla, preacher at the
conference's opening eucharistic
celebration, were presented the WMC
Agenda
Thursday, April 28
9:00 a.m. Presentation of
Retiring Bishops
9:15 a.m. Courtesies
9:20 a.m. Demonstration of
Voting Equipment
9:25 a.m. Calendar Items
Central Conferences
11:00 a.m. Agenda Report
Presiding Bishop Report
Aj^oum to Legislative Sessions
12:30 p.m. Lunch
2:30-5:00 p.m. Legislative
Committees
7:30 p.m. Legislative
Committees
"Seat of Honor" for work in behalf of
World Methodism. Mrs. Alguire is presi-
dent of the WMC's North American Sec-
tion, and Bishop Hunt is past president.
Most of Thursday again was spent in
legislative committees perfecting calen-
dar items to come before the delegates
later in the session.
Typically, delegates in the committee
on Independent Commissions and Judi-
cial Administration endorsed participa-
tion in "An Ecumenical Decade: Chur-
ches in Solidarity with Women." They
also supported the covenanting proposal
coming out of the Consultation on
Church Union.
In the Local Church committee, ap-
proval was voted for removal of discipli-
nary language making the pastor the
mandatory chair of a congregation's
committee on nominations and person-
nel. Committee members opposed dele-
tion of a requirement that one-third of
local church trustees be women.
The Global Ministries committee con-
curred with a proposal to change the ter-
minology so that "home missionaries"
will be referred to as "missionaries."
No legislative committee decision is
final until it has been acted upon by the
delegates in plenary session.
In one item of plenary business
Thursday, the conference agreed to
devote 20 minutes Saturday morning to
a report from the committee monitoring
the 1985-88 quadrennium's emphasis on
developing and strengthening ethnic
minority congregations.
The delegates also heard a report from
Bishop Paul A. Duffey, Louisville, Ky., on
the past four-year's dialogue between the
Board of Global MinistriesfBGM) and
what the 1984 General Conference
called "persons who had concerns about
the emphasis of the board on evangelism
and Wesleyan theology."
Bishop Duffey said that the Mission
Society for United Methodists was in-
vited to represent the latter group, and
that 11 sessions had been held between
representatives of BGM, the society and
the Council of Bishops. The report con-
cluded that "after all the discussions we
have not been able to resolve all the mat-
ters before us."
A recommendation by the bishops that
the dialogue be discontinued, and that
the Board of Global Ministries be reaf-
firmed "as the only authorized sending
agency of the United Methodist
Church..." will come before the con-
ference later in the session.
Bishop Ernest T. Dixon Jr., San An-
tonio, Texas, was installed as president
of the Council of Bishops Thursday. He
will serve a one-year term succeeding
Bishop Hunt.
-Robert Lear
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Conference Worship Leaders
from Kentucky, Oklahoma
Leading worship today for the General
Conference delegates and visitors will be
Bishop Paul A. Duffey and the Rev.
Thomas Roughface. Bishop Duffey will
preach at 8:30 a.m. in Cervantes Conven-
tion Center. Mr. Roughface's sermon will
come during a 2:30 p.m. service at St.
Patrick's Catholic Church.
Superintendent of the Montgomery
district of the-Alabama-West Florida An-
nual Conference when elected to the
episcopacy in 1980, Bishop Duffey has
been assigned to the Louisville Area for
eight years.
He joined the Tennessee Conference
while still a divinity student at Vander-
bilt University. Between 1946 and 1976,
he served six different churches in the
Alabama-West Florida Conference. He
serves on the coordinating and program
councils of the General Council on Mini-
stries, on the General Conference Com-
mission to Study the Ministry and on the
Judicial Council. He has also been
secretaiy of the CouncO of Bishops.
Liturgists for this morning's service
will be Phyllis Hail and George C. Woods.
Ms. Hail, a member of the Kentucky
delegation, is an associate director of the
annual conference council on ministries.
A Louisville conference delegate, Woods
is a social worker in Louisville, Ky.
Mr. Roughface is director of the Coun-
cil on Higher Education and Ministiy for
the Oklahoma Indian Missionary Con-
ference (OIMC). He is a member of the
Ponca tribe.
Since 1972, he has been the only OIMC
clergy delegate to the General and South
The Albricias Ensemble of Southern California will be participating in today's worship. The choir
represents a large number of Hispanic churches in the greater Los Angeles area, and is com-
posed of volunteers whose ethnic backgrounds cover the rainbow of Latin American cultures.
The director, Raquel Achon, was born in Cuba of Puerto Rican parents. Ms. Achon was project
director of the United Methodist "Celebremos" hymnal supplement, and has served as consult-
ant for the Hispanic hymnals of several other denominations.
Central Jurisdictional conferences. A
member of the denominational Mis-
sional Priority Coordinating Committee,
on weekends Mr. Roughface is part-time
pastor to the Pawnee tribal commimity
in Pawnee, Okla.
Liturgist for this afternoon's service
will be Eleanor Richardson. A member
of the North Georgia delegation to the
1988 Annual Conference, Ms.
Richardson serves in the Georgia legis-
lature.
Names of the liturgists for the morn-
ing worship services were not included
in earlier listings of the schedule.
Eileen Gray, liturgist on Wednesday,
April 27, is a church secretaiy serving as
a member of the Western Pennsylvania
delegation. Liturgist on Thursday, April
28, Yolanda Pupo-Ortiz is associate
general secretaiy for the General Com-
mission on Religion and Race.
Liturgists named for the other morn-
ing services include:
Saturday, April 30: Bishop Thomas S.
Bangura;
Wednesday, May 4: Thomas Rough-
face;
Thursday, May 5: Pat CaUbeck Harper
and Connie Takamine;
Friday, May 6: Donna Herbert and
Keith Wise.
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Announcements
The Local Entertainment Committee
requests that all materials be removed
from the delegate tables on Saturday
before leaving the last session since
visitors will be sitting at the tables during
the Sunday afternoon performance of
the Missouri Area Event "Through
Church Windows."
All clergywomen delegates are asked to
be present for a group photo Friday at 2
p.m. at the Women's Center, 3rd floor,
Sheraton Hotel.
Briefing session on "new Scarritt"
Tuesday noon. May 3 at 1:15 p.m. in Con-
vention Center. Room to be announced.
All friends, graduates and interested per-
sons invited for an informal information
presentation on the "new Scarritt."
There will be a meeting of the Kansas
Area delegations on Sunday, May 1, from
1:00-6:00 p.m. in room 270 of the Con-
vention Center.
All native Black South Carolina per-
sons please meet J. F. Norwood at the
area near room 127 at 11:45 a.m. today.
Delegates and friends of the New Jer-
sey Area (Northern & Southern New Jer-
sey conferences) will meet Wednesday,
May 4 at 12:45 p.m. for a luncheon at the
Radisson Hotel, room Admiral B. Paid
reservations' must be made to the chair
of each delegation by Monday noon. May
2. The honored guest will be Bishop Neil
L. Irons.
The Louisville Area breakfast with
Bishop and Mrs. Duffey will be held on
Tuesday, May 3, 7 a.m. at the Sheraton
Hotel in the Grant Room. Reservations
may be made with J. D. Dixon or Harold
Hunter. Deadline, Sunday, May 1.
The Women District superintendents
are having lunch together on Monday,
May 2 at Hannegan's on Second Street
at Laclede's Landing. All past, present,
and newly appointed women superinten-
dents are cordially invited to attend. For
more information, contact Carolina B.
Edge at the Sheraton.
The San Antonio Area Delegation
(Southwest Texas/Rio Grande Con-
ferences) will gather in a dinner honor-
ing Bishop & Mrs. Ernest T. Dixon, Jr.
on Wednesday, May 4 at 5:30 p.m., Eads
Room, Sheraton Hotel. Members of the
delegation and visitors desiring to attend
must make reservations by Monday
noon. See Dr. Prenza Woods.
The California-Pacific Conference din-
ner-gathering will be held at St. Patrick's
Church, 7th and Delmar (across from
Sheraton Hotel), 5:30 p.m. on Thursday,
May 5. Bishop and Mrs. Jack Tuell will
be honored. Member and friends of the
conference are welcome, $7. Reserva-
tions due on May 2. Send by page to Sec-
tion A, Seat 10, Row 4.
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nsylvania and Puerto Rico) delegates,
reserves and guests will meet for dinner
at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, May 4 at the
Riverfront Holiday Inn. Honored guests
will be Bishop and Mrs. F. Herbert
Skeete.
The Indiana Area luncheon to honor
past and present bishops and friends will
be held at noon or upon completion of
the plenary on Tuesday, May 3 in Room
270 of the Convention Center. Paid
reservations are required. See John Set-
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The Methodist Peace Fellowship, in
cooperation with the United Methodist
Office for the United Nations, invites
you to hear Ronald Young, executive
director of the U.S. Interreligious Com-
mittee for Peace in the Middle East,
speak on "A Time for Peace in the Mid-
dle East." Christ in the City Church, 9th
and Biddle, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Saturday,
April 30. A light supper will be available
for $6. Make reservations with Herman
Will, Mia A^jali, or Jessma Blockwick or
at the MFSA office. Room 610,
Riverfront Days Inn.
A limited number of spaces are still
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Hotel, phone: 621-7900, ext. 7610.
Briefing session on "Towards
Economic Justice," Friday, April 29, 1
p.m. -2 p.m., Rm. 270, Convention
Center, speaker: Dr. Teresa Amott,
professor of economics, University of
Massachusetts, Boston.
•••
Reception honoring women delegates
sponsored by the Women's Division,
General Board of Global Ministries,
Sunday, May 1, 3-5 p.m. Sheraton
Hotel, Ballroom West. Drama at 3 p.m.,
"Samantha Rastles the Woman Ques-
tion," celebrating the 100th Anniversary
of the election of the first women
delegates to the 1888 General Con-
ference.
Additional Petitions
2664-GA-1007-D Advance Commit-
tee. GCOM.
2663-FA-715-D Conference
Treasurer. Charles Dailey, EOH.
2662-CC-636-D Proposed New
(Central Africa Conference Commission
on Central Conference Affairs
Episcopal and Lay
Addresses Available
on Audiotape.
Orcjer at Booth
outside UM Publishing
House Display.
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April 29, 1988
Addition to Petition
1017-l\/IN-3000-R
Epilogue
A basic truth which has motivated the
work of this commission is that all living
things change. Some change is construc-
tive. Some is not. Our deepest searching
has been to discover what we believe to
be worthy of preservation for ministry
and what should be modified. Our com-
mitment has been to do all in our power
to enable our church to respond faithful-
ly to our living Lord.
Change for the sake of change is an ex-
ercise in futility and a waste of our valu-
able resources. To be unmindful of cir-
cumstances which call for new ways of
responding to God's call to be a pilgrim
people is at best, stiff-necked and at
worst heretical.
It has not been easy for this commis-
sion to discern which elements in our
(Ministry Study Report)
theology, tradition and structure clearly
need to be preserved and which should
be changed. The fact that assignments to
study the ministry were made by the
General Conferences of 1964, 1968,
1972, 1976, 1980, and 1984 gives
credence to the fact that our concepts of
and structures for the enablement of
ministry are dynamic Some would view
this phenomenon as a sure sign of in-
decisiveness. We believe it is a sign of our
openness to the leading of Grod to ven-
ture into new and imtried ways. This is
a familiar biblical theme.
From the days of Wesley, we have had
a deep commitment to understand Scrip-
ture, and to apply the truths of Scripture
to current situations. It is easier to specu-
late about the thunder of God in Scrip-
ture than it is to respond faithfully to the
whisper of God in places where direction
and outcome are uncertain. In our work,
we have been faithful to both the biblical
foundations of ministry and the views of
our forebears in the faith.
We are certain the assignment given to
this commission by the 1984 General
Conference has not been completed. In
one sense, we wish it had been possible
to bring to this General Conference a
report which had a greater finality than
this in-process report. In another sense,
our struggle to fmd the better way will
always be in process. If and when we fmd
it, we are certain even it will never be the
final way.
Such is the nature of a living church.
Ed. Note: Because a paragraph from the
epiloguewas dropped from theApril28th
edition, we are reprinting the entire
section .
Adjustments to Lists of Tellers
(Advance DCA, Pages A-14 and A-15)
Petitions Re-referred by the Committee
on Reference
The following adjustments in the previously printed lists of
tellers have been made necessary by absences, resignations, or
the election of tellers as officers of standing administrative or
legislative committies:
Group I
Sec A, Rows 12-15, Ressie Mae Bass (Florida) replaces Ruth
A. Harlow (Troy)
Sea A, Rows 19-21, Judy Benson (Oklahoma) replaces Helen
F. Taylor (Oklahoma)
Sec. B, Rows 10-12, G. Hubert Neth (Missouri West) replaces
Mollie Stewart (North Alabama)
Sec. C, Reserve Section Captain, Betty M. Alexander (Ten-
nessee) replaces Carolyn M. Marshall (South Indiana)
Sec D, Row 15-17, Carl C. Ling (West Ohio) replaces Thel-
ma Johnson (West Ohio)
Group n
Sec A, Rows 5-8, Patti Coots (California-Pacific) replaces
Sheldon Duecker (North Indiana).
Sec C, Rows 9-11, Charles W. Williams (Texas) replaces
Winona Bollinger (C. Illinois)
Sec. D, Section Captain, Margaret R. Saunders (North
Carolina) replaces James S. Gadsden (South Carolina)
Sec D, Reserve Section Captain, Sara S. Fugler (Louisiana)
replaces Deanna Af. Bleyle (Rocky Mountain)
Old Petition Number
279-FA-3000-M
436-CS-3000-S$
490-MN-3000-R
491-FM-3000-R
946-DI-3000-R
1388-DI-3000-R
1631-MN-304-D
1748-FM-3000-R
2436-FM-3000-4 $
2437-FM-3000-R
2276-DI-3000-S $
Correction
New Petition Number
279-GA-3000-M
436-IJ-3000-S $
490-IJ-3000-R
491-DI-3000-R
946-CO-3000-R
1388-MN-3000-R
1631-MN-402-D
1748-DI-3000-R
2436-DI-3000-R $
2437-DI-3000-R
2276-GA-3000-S $
Advance Edition F, p. 39
World Program division Report, Asia/Pacific sub-paragraph.
The Methodist Chm-ch in Korea hopes to double membership
from one million to two million by the year 2000, not 500,000 to
one million.
April 29, 1988
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
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Legislative Committees at Work
The following brief reports are compiled by the staffs of United
Methodist Communications and the Daily Christian Advocate.
They do not represent official reports of the committees.
Conferences
•Concurred with a petition to estab-
lish an Ethnic Minority Local Church
(EMLC) Concerns Committee in the an-
nual conference to assist all boards and
agencies in implementing the con-
ference comprehensive plan to
mainstream EMLC;
♦Concurred with petition to subject to
episcopal and cabinet review any clergy
who fail to submit total compensation
figures for publication in conference
journal;
•Concurred with petition to add
evaluation of conference program to
responsibilities of conference Council
on Ministries;
•Nonconcurred with petition to make
three quadrennia the norm for episcopal
tenure in an area;
•Nonconcurred with petition to forbid
general agencies from submitting peti-
tions to General Conference;
•Nonconcurred with petitions to
grant annual conference voting rights to
part-time local pastors;
•Nonconcurred on a petition to
schedule jurisdictional conferences just
prior to General Conference at the
General Conference site;
•Non-concurred with a petition to
elect bishops by plurality vote on one
ballot;
•Nonconcurred with a petition to
create a general church committee on
the episcopacy to assign bishops and
deal with other matters related to the
episcopacy;
•Nonconcurred with a petition to
reduce the maximum size of the General
Conference delegation from 1000 to 750.
-Ann Whiting and Darrell Shamblin
Discipleship
•Recommended to the plenary for ap-
proval:
-the Word and Table, Christian Mar-
riage and Baptism sections of the report
of the Hymnal Revision Committee
(HRC) with the substitution of a tradi-
tional version of the adult baptism ser-
vice for the recommended Covenant HI;
"the hymns portion of the HRC
Report-including the prayers and read-
ings-with the substitution of "Lord of
the Dance" from the Supplement to
the Book of Hymns for "Awake, O
Sleeper" (p. 723 of the HRC Report);
-the Liturgical Psalter portion of the
HRC Report with the substitution of the
language of the New Revised Stan-
dard Version of the Bible for 18
psalms (the New RSV does not use as ex-
tensive replacement of masculine
pronouns for the Deity).
-Paul Ruark and Garlinda Burton
Faith and Mission
--Continued a paragraph-by-
paragraph review of the report of the
commission on the Doctrinal Standards
and "Our Theological Task;"
"Were encouraged to include par-
ticipation of all members of the commit-
tee, especially lay delegates and persons
from outside the United States;
-Inserted wording from the present
statement of "Our Theological Task" to
amend the report to affirm commitment
"to the principles of religious toleration
and theological diversity;"
-Affirmed there are doctrinal stand-
ards of the church in the context of
which "we affirm a role for theological
diversity based on the presupposition of
the difference between doctrine and
theology;"
-Affij-med that Wesley's Sermons
and Notes have been specifically under-
stood to be included in the standards of
doctrine protected by the First Restric-
tive Rule;
—Established, without discussion,
parallel heads from the text using all
parts of the quadrilateral, deleted the
words "primacy of before Scripture and
affirmed all four as resources that are
"interdependently positively encourag-
ing" of variety in United Methodist
theological conversations.
-Dana Jones and Richard Thomburg
Financial Administration
•Recommended to the plenary retain-
ing the current disciplinary paragraph
ensuring that United Methodist fimds
not be given to any "gay" caucus or group
or be used to promote the acceptance of
homosexuality;
•Recommended to the plenary defeat-
ing a number of petitions to amend that
paragraph (many referred to the fimd-
ing of educational programs or
materials).
-Linda Bloom and Clyde Chestnut
Global Ministries
•Concurred with several amendments
from the Board of Global Ministries
(BGM) regarding the administration of
deaconesses and home missionaries;
•Concurred with a proposal to change
terminology so "home missionaries" are
referred to as "missionaries;"
•Concurred with a recommendation
to increase the number of church and
community workers;
•Concurred with changing the term
"congregational redevelopment" to "con-
gregational renewal and revitalization."
-Betty Thompson and Charles Cole
Higher Education and Chaplaincy
•Recommended to the plenary for ap-
proval:
-the $100 million scholarship endow-
ment fund;
-a change in the method of electing
Wesley Foundation board members;
-amending the Peace Colleges resolu-
tion with a substitution to prevent com-
promising academic freedom and the
financial aids office;
-a substitution to provide educational
support for conscientious objectors to
registration and the draft;
-granting provisional endorsement
for persons moving toward full chaplain-
cy endorsement in institutions not re-
lated to an annual conference;
-electing at least one woman to each
of the five electing bodies of the Univer-
sity Senate;
--adding the associate general
secretary of diaconal ministry as an ex
officio representative to the University
Senate;
-establishing requirements for in-
stitutions of higher education choosing
to disaffiliate with the United Methodist
Church.
•Recommended to the plenary for
rejection:
-certification of seminary courses by
the Board of Higher Education and Min-
istry (BHEM);
•Voted concurrence:
-that BHEM should provide resources
to world churches with aWesleyan tradi-
tion
-with an amended petition on current
UMC programs being taught in United
Methodist seminaries;
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April 29, 1988
—an amended petition seeking a
geographically-dispersed method for
delivery of diaconal ministry foundation
courses;
-with a petition to address needs of
seminary students who will be serving in
town and country appointments;
•Voted non-concurrence:
-to combining the Black College Fund
and the Ministerial Education Fund into
the General Education Fund;
-with a petition asking for higher ethi-
cal standards for athletes at United
Methodist-related colleges and univer-
sities;
-with a petition asking the General
Conference to participate in a lawsuit
concerning collective bargaining at two
United Methodist-related institutions of
higher education;
-with a request that theological in-
clusiveness be included in the evaluation
of theological schools.
•Referred a petition concerning sup-
port of Hawaii Loa College to BHEM;
•Referred a substitution for a petition
concerning a study commission on
theological education models and minis-
try patterns to BHEM, Commission on
Religion and Race, the University Senate
and the Association of United Methodist
Theological Schools;
•Referred a petition concerning
schools of theology to BHEM to reword
to include world cultures rather than just
USA ethnic minorities.
-Lester Moore and John Borchert
Independent Commissions and
Judicial Administration
•Recommended to the plenary:
-endorsement of the Commission on
Pan-American Cooperation;
-the "Act of Covenanting between
other Christian Churches and The
United Methodist Church;"
-adding racial harassment and sexual
harassment to the list of chargeable of-
fenses in Para. 2621;
-retaining "practices declared by The
United Methodist Church to be incom-
patible with Christian teachings" among
chargeable offenses;
-rejecting undermining the ministry
as a chargeable offense for laity.
•Concurred with the statement on "An
Ecumenical Decade: Churches in
Solidarity with Women."
•Requested declaratory action by the
Judicial Council on Para. 2625.3 {Appeal
of a Ministerial Member of an Annual
Conference, Local Pastor or Diaconal
Minister) in disciplinary section on inves-
tigations, trials and appeals.
-Betty Story and Arthur Swarthout
Local Church
•Recommended to the plenary:
-a change in disciplinary language to
allow, rather than require, the pastor to
be elected chairperson of the Committee
on Nominations and Personnel;
-amending Para. 258 so members of a
professional church staff cannot serve as
chairperson, vice-chairperson or
secretary of the Council on Ministries;
-approval of a number of petitions
refining the language of several
paragraphs of the Discipline, but not
changing the meaning or intent of any.
•Concurred:
-with a petition to allow the terms of
local church officers to begin with either
the calendar or the conference year;
-with a petition to insert a new section,
"The Journey of a Connectional People"
in Part IV of the Discipline;
-with a petition that the charge con-
ference should no longer be able to limit
the age of trustees to a maximum of 72
years;
-with a petition that at least one-third
of the local church trustees be laymen;
•Non-concurred:
-with a petition to remove the require-
ment that one-third of the local church
trustees be women.
-with petitions to eliminate the charge
conference and transfer its functions to
either the administrative board or
church conference.
-Bill Holt and Laura Okumu
Ordained and Diaconal Ministry
Subcommittee that was assigned peti-
tions dealing with para. 402.2 (banning
ordination of homosexuals) reported
recommendations to the full committee.
Subcommittee divided the 97 petitions
addressing this paragraph into three
categories:
1) asking paragraph be retained as
presently written (59 petitions);
2) those that are less restrictive than
the present paragraph such as calling for
deletion of the last sentence (12 peti-
tions);
3) those advocating more restrictive
language such as deleting self-avowed
and leaving only "practicing" (26 peti-
tions). Subcommittee recommended
concurrence to retain present language
15-3-1.
In debate, an amendment was moved
to concur with the petition from Rocky
Mountain Conference that would add
comma to words "self-avowed, practicing
homosexual." (The intent of added
conuna, as interpreted by chair, was to
imply "or."
The amendment's mover argued that,
at present, unless an ordained minister
who is a practicing homosexual self-
avows his or her homosexuality, the
paragraph does not, therefore apply, per-
mitting loophole for homosexual clergy
to violate intent of restriction.
One who opposed amendment said
subcommittee had discussed this and
concluded that, with interpretation of
"either/or" there would be a "witch-hunt
investigating every minister in all the an-
nual conferences.
After considerable debate, amendment
failed by a better than 2-1 margin.
A delegate moved to delete entire final
sentence of the 402.2 paragraph. It was
argued that if we select one "sin" restrict-
ing persons from the ordained ministry,
we must list several others just as bad.
Another argued that present language
"provides a balance between compassion
for the person while maintaining a long-
established moral principle of the
church. Vote on amendment to delete
sentence failed on 2-1 margin.
When main motion to retain present
language was put before entire commit-
tee, it received concurrence vote, 66-27-
0. The committee also agreed with its
subcommittee, voting nonconcurrence
to the more restrictive petitions, 90-0-0.
A motion presented from fioor to
suspend conference rules to limit debate
on issue in plenary to one hour (with no
amendments permitted) failed.
Subcommittee on diaconal ministry
recommended nonconcurrence on a peti-
tion that would have added the same sen-
tence in 402.2 (applying to the ordained
ministry) to paragraph 304. 1, restricting
diaconal ministers. The committee
agreed with the subcommittee, 59-24-0.
A petition to delete from para. 304.1
reference to "fidelity in marriage and
celibacy in singleness" failed, 1-84-6.
The subcommittee that dealt with the
report of the Commission for the Study
of Ministry Report approved on a 25-0
vote a revised series of recommendations
as substitutes to those presented.
Keith Pohl
Audio- and
Videotapes of
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Available outside UM
Publishing House
Display
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127
CALENDAR ITEMS
Consent Calendar
Calendar items printed with an *
after the calendar number will
automatically be placed on the Consent
Calendar. If any delegate wishes to
remove an item from the Consent
Calendar for plenary consideration,
that delegate shall complete the ap-
proved form in Room 121 by 3 p.m. on
the day the calendar item first appears
in the DCA. Minority reports will be in-
dicated in parentheses.
Rule 27(2).
18*
15^
FAl
Subject: General Policies Related
to General Funds
Petitions: 1148-FA-911-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-90
Membership 91; Present 84
For 84; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 27, 1988
We recommend concurrence with this
petition as printed on page C-90 of the
Advance DCA.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
16*
FA2
Subject: General Policies
Petitions: 170-FA-911-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-90
Membership 91; Present 84
For 84; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 27, 1988
We recommend nonconcurrence in
favor of petition 1147-FA-911-D.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
17*
FA3
Subject: General Policies Related
to General Funds
Petitions: 1147-FA-911-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-90
Membership 91; Present 84
For 84; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 27, 1988
We recommend concurrence with this
petition as printed on page C-90 of the
Advance DCA.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
FA4
Subject: UM Foundations
Petitions: 1143-FA-906-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-89
Membership 91; Present 84
For 84; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 27, 1988
We recommend concurrence with this
petition as printed on page C-89 of the
Advance DCA.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
19
FAll
Subject: GCFA Organization
Petitions: 1142-FA-905-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-88
Membership 91; Present 84
For 77; Against 7; Not Voting
Date: AprU 27, 1988
We recommend with this petition as
printed on page C-88 of the Advance
DCA with the addition of the following
sentence: "The provisions of this
paragraph shall become effective
immediately upon adoption by the
General Conference."
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
20* FA6
Subject: Distribution From the
World Service Fund
Petitions: 1118-FA-906-l.b
Pages in Advance DCA: C-89
Membership 91; Present 84
For 84; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 27, 1988
We recommend concurrence with the
changes proposed in Par.906 as printed
on page C-89 of the Advance DCA.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
21* FAT
Subject: Fiscal Responsibilities
Petitions: 2259-FA-906-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 91; Present 84
For 84; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 27, 1988
We recommend nonconcurrence with
this petition to insert the words "based
on the perceived missional tasks to
come before the church" following
"The General Covmcil on Finance and
Administration shall establish" in the
fu^t sentence of Par. 906.1.b(2).
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
22^
FA9
Subject: Calculation of
Apportionments
Petitions: 287-FA-3000-R
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 91; Present 84
For 84; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 27, 1988
We recommend nonconcurrence with
this petition to exclude the amoimts
reported in colimins 25, 27, 37, and 55-
71 from the World Service apportion-
ment formula.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
23
GAl
Subject: General Program Board
Membership
Petitions: 900-GA-805-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-86
Membership 82; Present 81
For 63; Against 13; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
Nonconcurrence
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
24*
GA2
Subject: General Agency
Membership
Petitions: 545-GA-805-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-87
Membership 82; Present 78
For 73; Against 0; Not Voting 5
Date: April 28, 1988
Nonconcurrence
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
25^
GA3
Subject: Nominations by Annual
Conference
Petitions: 803-GA-805-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-86
Membership 82; Present 80
For 80; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
Conou-rence
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
128
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
AprU 29, 1988
26* GA4
Subject: General Pro{(rain Board
Membership
Petitions: 804-GA-805-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-86
Membership 82; Present 81
For 80; Against 0; Not Voting 1
Date: AprU 28, 1988
Concurrence
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
27 GA5
Subject: Membership on General
Program Boards
Petitions: 584-GA-805-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-87
Membership 82; Present 79
For 55; Against 24; Not Voting
Date: AprU 27, 1988
Concurrence
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
31
28
GA6
Subject: General Agency Members
From Other Denominations
Petitions: 1115-GA-805-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-87
Membership 82; Present 78
For 71; Against 6; Not Voting 1
Date: AprU 27, 1988
Concurrence
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
29'
GA7
Subject: Process for Evaluating
General Program Agencies
Petitions: 910-GA-802-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-86
Membership 82; Present 78
For 77; Against 0; Not Voting 1
Date: AprU 27, 1988
Concurrence
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
30
GAS
Subject: Specialized Unit
Petitions: 507-GA-803-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-86
Membership 82; Present 78
For 78; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 27, 1988
Concurrence
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
FA14
Subject: General Minutes
Petitions: 270-FA-3000-R
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 91; Present 84
For 72; Against 9; Not Voting 3
Date: AprU 27, 1988
We recommend nonconcurrence with
this petition to list all local churches of a
pastoral charge in the appointment and
statistical listings in the General
Minutes.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
32
FA13
Subject: General Minutes
Petitions: 2413-FA-3000-R
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 91; Present 84
For 83; Against 1; Not Voting
Date: AprU 27, 1988
We recommend nonconcurrence with
this petition to list all local churches of a
pastoral charge in the appointment and
statistical listings in the General
Minutes.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
33
FA12
Subject: Two Members From
Central Conferences to Be
Members of GCFA
Petitions: 1791-FA-905-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 91; Present 84
For 78; Against 4; Not Voting 2
Date: April 27, 1988
We recommend nonconcurrence with
this petition to require that at least two
of the nine members-at-large of the
General CouncU on Finance and Ad-
ministration nominated by the CotmcU
of Bishops shall represent central con-
ferences.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
34*
FA8
Subject: Calculation of
Apportionments
Petitions: 288-FA-3000-R
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 91; Present 84
For 84; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 27, 1988
We recommend nonconcurrence with
this petition to exclude general church
apportionment payments. Advance Spe-
cials, and payments of indebtedness.
buUdings, and improvements from the
World Service apportionment formula
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
35'
FA5
Subject: Apportionment Formula
Petitions: 2037-FA-906-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 91; Present 84
For 84; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 27, 1988
We recommend nonconcurrence with
this petition to delete membership from
the apportionment formula and to limit
apportionments to 10% of a local
church's income.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
36'
GA9
Subject: Definitions of Study
Committee
Petitions: 114-GA-803-D
Pages m Advance DCA: C-86
Membership 82; Present 78
For 78; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 27, 1988
Concurrence
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
37*
GAIO
Subject: Definition of Theme
Petitions: 1141-GA-803-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-86
Membership 82; Present 78
For 78; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 27, 1988
Concurrence
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
38* GAll
Subject: Annual Reports of General
Agencies
Petitions: 9U-GA-804-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-86
Membership 82; Present 80
For 80; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 27, 1988
Concurrence
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
39
FAIO
Subject: Loans to Farmers
Petitions: 1399-FA-3000-R
Pages in Advance DCA: 91
Membership 91; Present 84
For 81; Against 1; Not Voting 2
April 29, 1988
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
129
Date: April 27, 1988
We recommend nonconcurrence with
this petition to establish a several mil-
lion dollar fund to make loans to
farmers.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
40
LC
Subject: The Journey of a
Connectional People
Petitions: 1104-LC-lOOD
Pages in Advance DCA: C-29 and 30
Membership 94; Present 85
For 84; Against 1; Not Voting
Date: AprU 27, 1988
The committee recommends conciir-
rence with the deletion of the words
" toward goal s" on page C-30, paragraph
3, line 4, following "healing, accoimt-
ability and growth...." The paragraph
now reads
"3. Commmiity. The principle
provides for relationships of Holy Spirit-
empowered commimity wherein sup-
port, supervision, healing, accountability
and growth can take place for persons
and groups across the denomination."
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
41
CSl
Subject: Human Sexuality Social
Principles Par. 71.F
Petitions: 501-CS-710
Pages in Advance DCA: C-24
Membership 104; Present 100
For 63; Against 32; Not Voting 1
Date: April 28, 1988
The committee voted concurrence
with the petition with amendments, so
the petition reads as follows:
Revise Par. 71.F as follows: (501-CS-
710)
F). Human Sexuality. - We recognize
that sexuality is a good gift of God, and
God's good ^ft to all persons, we
We believe persons may be fully human
only when that gift is acknowledged and
affirmed by themselves, the church, and
society. We call all persons to dieoiplinoe
that l ea d to the disciplined, respon-
sible fulfillment of themselves, others,
and society in the stewardship of this
gift. We also recognize our limited
understanding of this complex gift
and encourage the medical, theological,
and humanistic di B ciplino s social
science disciplines to combine in a
determined effort to understand human
sexuality more completely. We call the
church to take the leadership role
in bringing together these dis-
ciplines to address this most com-
plex issue. Fiirther, within the con-
text of our understanding of this
gift of God, we recognize that God
challenges us to find responsible,
committed, and loving forms of ex-
pression.
Although all persons mon and
womon are sexual beings whether or not
they are married, sexual relations are
BOX botwoon a man and a woman is only
clearly affirmed in the marriage bond.
Sex may become exploitative within as
well as outside marriage. We reject all
sexual expressions which enhance that
same humanity, in the midst of diverse
opinion as to what constitutes that en-
hancement.
We deplore all forms of the commer-
cialization and exploitation of sex with
their consequent cheapening and
degradation of human personality. We
call for Btorn strict enforcement of laws
prohibiting the sexual exploitation or
use of children by adults. We call for the
establishment of adequate protective ser-
vices, guidance, and counseling oppor-
tunities for children thus abused. We
insist that all persons, regardless
of age, gender, marital status, or
sexual orientation are entitled to
have their human and civil rights
ensured.
We recognize the continuing need for
full, positive, and factual and frank
sex education opportunities for children,
youth, and adults. The chiu-ch offers a
uniq[ue opportunity to give quality
guidance/education in this area.
Homosexual persons no less than
heterosexual persons are individuals of
sacred worth. All persons need the
ministry and guidance of the Church in
their struggles for himian fulfillment, as
well as the spiritual and emotional care
of a fellowship which enables reconcil-
ing relationships with God, with others,
and with self. Further wo in s ist that all
persons aro ontitlod to havo thoir
human and civil right s on s urod, though
Although we do not condone the prac-
tice of homosexuality and consider this
practice incompatible with Christian
teaching, we affirm that God's grace
is available to all. We commit oxxr-
selves to be in ministry for and
with all persons.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
42 CSl (Minority Report)
Subject: Human Sexuality Social
Principles Par. 71.F
Petitions: 501-CS-71-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership ; Present
For ; Against ; Not Voting
Date: AprU 27, 1988
We the undersigned move to amend
the last paragraph of Petition 501-CS-71-
D by deleting " Although wo do not con
done the practico of homo s exuality and
ooneidor the practice incompatible with
Christian toaching " and substitute the
following: "We find mixed testimony
about the practice of
homosexuality in Scripture, tradi-
tion, and in the human sciences."
Sally Ernst
Arthur Brandenburg
Richard S. Parker
Joy Perry
Ellen A Brubaker
Richard Truitt
J. Howard Wright
Charles O. Dundas
Jack D. Heacock
James Lawson, Jr.
Donald L. Carver
Ann L. Sablan
Pat Callbeck Harper
KeyB. Dillard
Joyce Stanton
William C. Kirkwood
D.RusseU Walker
Sara Shingler
Pauline Niles
Tex Sample
Euba Harris-Winston
Avenell Harms
Lois Seifert
Leon Adkins
Ryan Kevin Edison
Sally Geis
Joseph Sprague
Ronald Bretsch
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Dale /
43'
MN
Subject: Amend Par. 402.2
Petitions: 61-MN-402-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-47
Membership 98; Present 90
For 90; Against 90; Not Voting
Date: April 27, 1988
The committee recommends noncon-
currence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
44
LC
Subject: The Church
Petitions: 1032-LC-lOl-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-29
130
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
AprU 29, 1988
Membership 94; Present 89
For 89; Against 2; Not Voting
Date: April 27, 1988
Concurrence
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
45* HE20
Subject: Responsibilities of
GBHEM
Petitions: 838-HE-1516-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-111
Membership 83; Present 74
For 74; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 27, 1988
Concurrence
( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
46^
HE19
Subject: Objectives of GBHEM
Petitions: 832-HE-1505-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-110
Membership 83; Present 74
For 74; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 27, 1988
Concurrence
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
47* IJ17
Subject: Chargeable Offences
Petitions: 518
Pages in Advance DCA: C-128
Membership 72; Present 62
For 61; Against 0; Not Voting 1
Date: AprU 28, 1988
Nonconcurrence, already acted upon
in petition 431.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
48
IJ16
Subject: Chargeables Offenses
Petitions: 361
Pages in Advance DCA:C-128
Membership 72; Present 62
For 60; Against 2; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
Nonconcurrence, already acted upon
in petition 431.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
49* HE22
Subject: GBHEM
Petitions: 418-HE-1505-D
Pages in Advance DCA: CI 10
Membership 83; Present 74
For 74; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
Recommend concurrence.
Note: Printed in Advance DCA are
paragraph 1505.8 and paragraph
1505.20. These are not a part of this peti-
tion and are dealt with elsewhere.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
50'
HE21
Subject: Objectives of GBHEM
Petitions: 836-HE-1505-D
Pages in Advance DCA: Clll
Membership 83; Present 74
For 74; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
Concurrence
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
51
U15
Subject: Chargeable Offences,
Racial and/ or Sexual Harassment
Petitions: 431
Pages in Advance DCA: C-128
Membership 72; Present 62
For 62; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
Concurrence as amended:
Separate ( ) racial harassment, ( )
sexual harassment
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
52* U14
Subject: Chargeables Offenses
Petitions: 2199
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 72; Present 62
For 62; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
Nonconcurrence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
53'
HE18
Subject: Officers
Petitions: 839-HE-1508-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-111
Membership 83; Present 74
For 74; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 28, 1988
Concurrence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
54*
HE17
Subject: Division of Chaplains and
Related Ministries
Petitions: 844-HE-1512-D and 843-HE-
1511-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-112
Membership 83; Present 74
For 74; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 28, 1988
Concurrence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
55* HE16
Subject: Duties of Division of
Chaplains and Related Ministries
Petitions: 4 1-HE- 15 11-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-111
Membership 83; Present 74
For 73; Against 1; Not Voting
Date: AprU 28, 1988
Concurrence
Note: In the Advance DCA 843-HE-
1512-D is printed as a part of 419-HE-
151 1-D and appears in its place farther
down on the page.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
Consent Calendar No. 1
Rule 27.2
Advance DCA, p. B-18
Calendar Items
15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25,
26, 29, 30, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 43, 45,
46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55
AprU 29, 1988
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
131
Proceedings of the 1988 General Conference of
The United Methodist Church
Committee on Journal
Report
The Committee on Joiimal
hereby certifies as accurate, with the
following corrections, the proceedings
as printed in the Daily Christian Ad-
vocate for Wednesday, April 27, 1988.
Daily Edition, p. 114, col. 2: Delete
"The Address Search Committee" at
the beginning of Marcus Fang's speech
and insert: "Bishop Kulah, ^ests,
and members of the Conference-
The General Conference has
charged the National Association
of Annual Conference Lay
Leaders with the responsibility
for the Laity Address. This qiiad-
rennium, the national associa-
tion chose to conduct a
church-wide search for the
speech which best captiires the
spirit and visions of United
Methodist laity. Hence, it con-
vened a Laity Address Search
Committee which..."
Daily Edition, p. 116, col. 2,1. l:Sub-
stitute "made" for "beat".
Daily Edition, p. 117, col. 1, par. 10:
Substitute "I tried to get the chair"
for "or try to get a chair."
Daily Edition, p. 117, col. 2, par. 10:
Substitute "prevailed" for "revealed".
Daily Edition, p. 1 18, col. 2, 1. 3: Sub-
stitute "ordination" for "organiza-
tion".
Daily Edition, p. 118, col. 2, par. 7:
Statement was made by Waters, not
Dundas. Substitute "intends" for
"tends" in the last sentence.
Daily Edition, p. 118, col. 2, par. 8:
Statement was made by Dundas, not
Waters.
Daily Edition, p. 119, col. 1, par. 8:
Substitute "came up on" for "became
up on the agenda of.
Daily Edition, p. 119, col. 2, par. 3:
Substitute "officer" for "order".
Jamima DeMarcus (chair)
Section A, row 15
Thursday Morning
AprU 28, 1988
Bishop EdselA. Ammons, presiding
BISHOP AMMONS: I am confident
that you would want me on your behalf to
express profound appreciation for the
music, which has been rendered by our
special choir this morning. We're going to
be led in worship this morning by
Reverend Yolanda Pupo-Ortiz, liturgist,
and Bishop Woodie W. White, the Illinois
Area. Will you be quietly meditative as
they lead us in moments of worship and
meditation?
(Worship Service)
BISHOP AMMONS: Now I think I
know how most of you feel. I certainly
know how I feel. We're probably more in-
clined to want to dance a bit this morning
rather than to press ahead with legisla-
tion. But we're going to dance through the
legislation too. The spirit with which this
sermon has been delivered and this mo-
ment will be sustained for the rest of the
day. I'm confident of that. While his col-
leagues are embracing him, I'm going to
ask Bishop Richard Wilke... while they are
embracing Bishop White.. .I'm going to
ask Bishop Wilke if he will come for a mo-
ment of special privilege.
BISHOP RICHARD WILKE: Thank
you, Bishop. Four years ago this General
Conference gave a mandate to the Board
of Church and Society to promote
abstinence from alcohol and drugs, and a
number of results have occurred. You will
be hearing more about several of them, in-
cluding a video caUed A Call to Care show-
ing children, youth, and adults who
explore problems of chemical substance
abuse.
There has also been a marvelous essay
contest for junior high and senior high
yoimg people. Some of the key individuals
who have been a part of both the video and
the essay contest are well known to you,
and I want them to stand if they are here
at this moment. One is Pastor Don
Forsman of El Paso. Don, are you here?
Would you please stand and wave at us?
Thank you. Don's right over here. Don's
been instrumental in this work. Dr. Bever-
ly Jackson, formerly from Newton, Kan-
sas, and now on the staff of the Board of
Church and Society, has been the force
both behind the video and the essay con-
test. Beverly, are you here? Would you
please stand and wave at us? There she is
on my right. Good Beverly, thank you.
And cooperating with the Board of
Church and Society in the essay contest
was the United Methodist Reporter, Spur-
geon Dunnam, Editor and Chief, General
Manager. Spurgeon, are you here? Would
you wave at us? Thank you, Spurgeon, and
thank you for your help in the essay con-
test. And that's my privilege now.
It's my understanding that the two
young people who won this contest in
which over 400 students participated, a
contest under the title "What Are Benefits
of a Drug Free Lifestyle?" The first place
winner of the junior high division on the
subject, "Why I Feel Good About Saying
No to Alcohol and Other Drugs," is Miss
Deborah Davis in the ninth grade, First
UMC, Livingston, Tennessee. Is Deborah
Davis here? Would you stand and wave,
Deborah? Where are you? In the back?
There she is-right in the very back
entrance. Stand and wave at us again,
Deborah Davis. Thank you, Deborah.
"Why I Feel Good About Saying No to Al-
cohol and Other Drugs."
And the winner of the senior high
division, a twelflh-grader from the First
UMC of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, right here
in our host Missouri East Conference,
writing under the subject of "Why It Is
Easier to Achieve My Goals Without Al-
cohol and Other Drugs," Miss Susie Ken-
nedy. Susie, where are you? Would you
wave and stand? There she is at my far
right: Miss Susie Kennedy, Poplar Bluff,
Missouri. In addition to their cash awards,
you wiU find in this week's United
Methodist Reporter their complete essays
along with the top three winners in both
divisions. I hope you will take this, share
it with your people, with your young
people; and this will make a great con-
tribution to the life of the church. Thank
you very much.
BISHOP AMMONS: Thank you,
Bishop Wilke. We move now to the agen-
da items for the morning. First, a report
of the Council of Bishops from Bishop
Pa»il Duffey, the secretary of the council.
132
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
April 29, 1988
BISHOP PAUL DUFFEY: Mr. Chair-
man, thank you. If you will, turn please to
108 in today's Daily Christian Advo-
cate. ..p&ge 108 in today's Christian Advo-
cate. You will find the report of the Council
of Bishops to the conference concerning
an assignment given us last quadrennium.
The General Conference of 1984 took two
actions regarding the Mission Society for
United Methodists. One, the Conference
voted nonconcurrence on a petition ap-
proving the Mission Society for United
Methodists as an alternative mission
sending agency. And, two, establishing a
dialogue between the directors and staff of
the General Board of Global Ministries
and persons who had concerns about the
emphasis of the board on evangelism and
Wesleyan theology.
The Council of Bishops was suggested
as the agency to enable and coordinate the
proposed dialogues. The coimcil sub-
sequently appointed Bishops Thomas,
Duffey, Ault, Borgen, and DeWitt to serve
on behalf of the council. Upon Bishop
Thomas' resignation, Bishop Schowen-
gerdt was named to the council, to serve
for the council. The Mission Society for
United Methodists was invited to repre-
sent persons who had concerns about the
emphasis of the board on evangelism and
Wesleyan theology.
The dialogues began at the site of the
1984 General Conference and have con-
tinued on a regular basis. Eleven meetings
have been held. The sessions have been
congenial and have enjoyed a modest de-
gree of success. All parties have been faith-
ful in attendance. We express our
gratitude to the board for their participa-
tion and for bearing the expenses of the
representatives. We express our apprecia-
tion to the representatives of the society
for their participation and to the Council
on Finance and Administration for
financing the expenses of the repre-
sentatives of the society.
The items receiving attention during
the dialogues are summarized here:
1. Review of the actions and anticipa-
tions of the General Conference.
2. Issues about procedures as to con-
fidentiality, mutual trust, accountability.
3. Discussions about the General Board
of Global Ministries' personnel, policies,
practices.
4. Balance of theological perspectives
among the staff members of the board.
5. Accurate reports as to numbers and
assignment of Board of Global Ministries
personnel to areas of service.
6. Recruitment, testing, deployment of
personnel.
7. Response to and evaluation of
materials provided by the board as re-
quested by the society.
8. Evangelism as an integral part of mis-
sions.
9. The board proposal for an emphasis
on evangelism.
10. The society's assurance that they
would not send personnel into areas
where The United Methodist Church and
the Board of Global Ministries have had
historic relations and responsibilities,
and, specifically, that they would not go to
any place where they were not invited by
the constituted church officials.
11. Evaluation of complaints that some
Board of Global Ministries personnel had
made efforts to block acceptance of the
society.
12. Evaluations of theological state-
ments by the society and the board.
13. Review of statements of purpose by
the board and the society.
14. The paper from CIEMAL repre-
sentatives as referred to this dialogue by
the Council of Bishops.
15. Responses of individual bishops con-
cerning appointments of clergy to the
society.
16. Financial accountability. The repre-
sentatives of the society clearly indicated
their strong support for full payment of
World Service Apportionments and full
support of Advance Mission Specials. The
entire dialogue group fully endorsed the
Bishops' Appeal for Partner Churches in
Crisis. The financial data of the board is a
matter of open record for the denomina-
tion and is available annually. The society
is a member of the Evangelical Council for
Financial Accountability and reports to
that body. Further, the society sent a copy
of their balance sheet to the Board of
Global Ministries for their information.
While the society has clearly stated its
firm intention to continue as a separate
entity, they have also stated that they
desire not a competitive stance but a
cooperative, supplementary one. Their in-
tention was declared to be to go to areas
where no United Methodist work exists
and to open new areas of work with both
a personal evangelistic thrust and a
wholistic social involvement.
The board representatives discussed
freely the complaints registered concern-
ing evangelism and theology. They have
insisted that evangelistic missions are part
of their overall ministry. They have af-
firmed the legitimacy of various theologi-
cal emphases but denied that the board
staff and personnel are dominated by a
liberation theology. They specifically
denied making appointments of mis-
sionaries who support liberation theology
to the exclusion of others with a more
traditional evangelical theology.
The board shared with the society infor-
mation concerning recruitment, testing,
and deployment of personnel and invited
the society to have an observer at the
board missionary personnel committee.
This option was not exercised by the
society. The board has put into effect
changes of structure and personnel that
had been in progress for some time. The
recent actions of the board in establishing
a Committee on Evangelism with an as-
sociate general secretary in charge of that
emphasis is a case in point. The board has
also taken steps to establish clearer lines
of accountability within the structure and
operation of the board. The general board
has opened up quite a large number of new
areas of work and a variety of missions
ministries.
The statement from a CIEMAL ^
workshop, April 1986, read to the Council ;
of Bishops of The United Methodist j
Church by representatives from CIEMAL,
was referred to this committee and has
received careful attention. CIEMAL
stands for the Covmcil of the Evangelical
Methodist Churches in Latin America.
The workshop paper alleged that repre-
sentatives of the Mission Society had in-
itiated work in Columbia, Peru, and Chile
and had created division and confusion.
These contacts were reported to have
begun around 1980. The fact is that the
society was not organized until February,
1984. Thus, there were no representatives
of the society involved. It is true that at
least one person who was involved in the
earlier visits has since affiliated with the
society. CIEMAL complained that society
representatives entered Columbia with-
out consultation with CIEMAL, who was
sponsoring the church in that country.
The society maintains that it responded to
the designated leadership of the church in
Columbia and believed they had acted
properly. Misunderstandings still exist in
those countries.
More recent correspondence from
CIEMAL affirms the confidence they have
in the integrity of the witnesses of the
April 1986 meeting and continues to af-
fuTn their understanding that the work of
the society is divisive and intrusive.
April 29, 1988
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
133
dEMAL affirms that all relations to The
United Methodist Church should be
through the General Board of Global Min-
istries. CIEMAL has expressed concern
about the efforts of the society in Brazil.
Recent correspondence indicates com-
plaints from Austria where disruption and
distrust have developed. The correspon-
dent indicates a clear connection with the
Mission Society for United Methodists.
The theological statement concerning
mission that was developed by the board
in cooperation with Partners in Mission
aroimd the world was studied and criti-
qued. The discussion produced several
suggestions for clarification and em-
phasis, and the board representatives in-
dicated they would consider these in
future editions of the pamphlets.
Concerning the appointment of clergy
to the society, the dialogue discussed the
specific actions of the General Conference
as well as the responsibilities of individual
bishops. The General Conference voted
nonconcurrence to a petition asking for
approval of the society as a sending agen-
cy. In the view of many, this action has
placed appointment of clergy to the
society in a distinctly different category.
Bishops have to deal with this matter in-
dividually.
After all the discussions we have not
been able to resolve all the matters before
us. There still exist differences concerning
the theology of mission and evangelism.
Different definitions are held about the
term evangelical. Differences exist about
confidence in the staff and personnel of
both the board and the society. Differen-
ces continue as to the public debate and
release of information from dialogues and
about the board and the society. Strong
differences relate to the accuracy and in-
tent of the actions of and reports from
CIEMAL. Differences continue as to
responsibility for and response to the in-
digenous churches. We have differences
about appointments to and sending out of
representative personnel by the society.
Finally, there are sharp differences as to
the desirability of the continued existence
of the society as a sending agency.
In conclusion, we make the following
recommendations:
We are glad that much has been redis-
covered about our Wesleyan traditions
and recommend that United Methodists
continue to make progress toward the ful-
fillment of the General Conference ex-
pressed desire that we clarify and enhance
our emphasis upon this tradition, par-
ticularly in evangelism and theology.
We recommend that this dialogue be
discontinued in its present form, that we
reaffirm the stance that the 1984 General
Conference took naming the General
Board of Global Ministries as the only
authorized sending agency of The United
Methodist Church, and that the Board of
Global Ministries continue to be open for
informal conversations with all of its con-
stituency, including individuals and
groups, in making progress and emphasiz-
ing evangelism and in continued refine-
ment of theological emphases in line with
our Wesleyan understanding.
In the beginning the Coimcil of Bishops
representatives had hoped that we would
be able to reach such reconciliation of is-
sues that the society would find no reason
for its continuing existence. In the begin-
ning some representatives of the Mission
Society for United Methodists indicated
the understanding that the society would
continue indefinitely. The bishops have
sought to effect reconciliation but have
not reached the level of our expectations.
We have no alternative but to report this
situation and to make our recommenda-
tion that persons share concerns through
regular channels and their commitment to
ministry through the authorized sending
agency, (applause)
Mr. Chairman, this is the report of the
council to the conference. I think that our
understanding was it is simply to the body.
Petitions relating to a variety of these is-
sues have been referred to the various
committees and are being processed, and
we feel that in behalf of the council we
have now reported and fulfilled the obliga-
tion of the council to the conference.
BISHOP AMMONS: Thank you very
much. I think it is clear that no action is
required at this time. It is a report to you.
Yes, back.. .microphone 13.
BETTY WHTTEHURST (Virginia): I
would like to make a motion regarding the
proceedings of the conference. I move that
bishops of autonomous Methodist chur-
ches be seated in places of honor rather
than assigned to the back row of the con-
ference floor.
BISHOP AMMONS: Now, that is, it
seems to the chair, an inappropriate mo-
tion at this moment. We will come to a
point though when that would be very
much in order. We're dealing still with the
overflow from the bishops' report and the
dialogue with the commission.
WHITEHURST: Will I be able to do that
later then?
AMMONS: Yes, I'll recognize you later.
Does anybody want to ask any questions
of Bishop Duffey? All right then, we will
assume that this is a report and other
pieces of this report will be dealt with in
the several legislative committees. We
want to move now to the report from the
Courtesies Committee and we will hear
from Clifton Ives.
CLIFTON IVES (Maine): We would like
to ask while I do one other thing for
Deborah Davis and Susie Kennedy, who
were introduced just a moment ago, if they
would come forward and be here. Are they
still in the room, I hope? If they would
come forward and be with us in just a mo-
ment, I would appreciate that.
We want to acknowledge today from the
Courtesies and PrivOeges Committee the
presence of those persons from
autonomous churches who are in our
midst. We know that they have graced us
with their wisdom and their under-
standing and the way they dance and that
we appreciate their dance shared with our
dance in this time that we share together.
I want to, in a way, to symbolize that by
asking Bishop Woodrow Hearn if he
would take a moment to introduce those
bishops of the autonomous churches who
are with us that we might recognize them.
Bishop Hearn.
BISHOP HEARN: An affiliated
autonomous church is defined by the Dis-
cipline as a church in which The United
Methodist Church assisted in its founding
but which is today a totally self-governing
church. Our conference is blessed by
having the bishops, president, and, in one
case, the secretary of these churches with
us; and it is a great honor for us to have
them in our midst. And this morning I
wish to present these bishops, our presi-
dent, heads of churches to our General
Conference, (applause)
The first is Bishop Pagura, who is presi-
dent of The Evangelical Methodist
Church of Argentina. Next, is Bishop
Poma, who is the president.. .the bishop of
The Evangelical Methodist Church of
Bolivia. Bishop Maia from The Methodist
Church of Brazil; President Clarke, who
comes from The Methodist Church of the
Caribbean and the Americas; Bishop Diaz
of The Methodist Church of Costa Rica;
Bishop Rodriguez of The Methodist
Church of Cuba; Bishop Sarabia of The
Methodist Church of Ecuador; Bishop
Morales, who is from our church in
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April 29, 1988
Panama; Bishop Hernandez from Mexico;
Bishop Avila from Mexico. I didn't get that
name right; so let me get it corrected:
Bishop Ruiz from Mexico. Dr. Beck, who
is the secretary of The Methodist Church
in Great Britain; Bishop Ochoa, The
Methodist Church of Brazil; the bishop of
Indonesia, Bishop Panggabean; Bishop
Ho, who is the bishop of the church in Sin-
gapore, (applause)
rVES: Deborah and Susie, would you
come forward just for a moment? I know
that a lot of people didn't see you when you
were introduced before. These two per-
sons that Bishop Wilke introduced to you
a few moments ago represent the United
Methodist youth of our church in a fine
and wonderful way today, and we wanted
you to come forward and to receive the
greeting of the conference again and to be
welcomed here by the president of the
conference today. Thank you. (applause)
That concludes our report for today.
BISHOP AMMONS: WhUe you're
there. Cliff, there was a motion attempted
earlier in reference to the seating arrange-
ments for our bishops who were just intro-
duced. May I suggest to you that they have
been with us for over a week. They were
with us in Kansas City at the meeting of
Methodist bishops, and I'm sure they are
getting a feel for what happens at the
General Conference as few have in the
past. Some of them are official delegates
and are sitting amongst you. If we put
them up here where we are, they have
nothing to do with the rest of the con-
ference but sit among, as they call us, lean-
ing palms up here. Some are visitors and
sitting in the VIP section. It seems to me
that if there is a real concern about this, it
will be a simple matter for the conference
to express itself and have this matter
referred to the Commission on the
Greneral Conference. Do you still wish to
proceed with your motion? Go ahead,
microphone 13.
BETTY WHTTEHURST (Virginia): I
move that bishops of autonomous
Methodist churches be seated in places of
honor, rather than assigned to the back
row of the conference floor, unless they
are members of delegations.
BISHOP AMMONS: When you say
places of honor, I assume that every place
in the bar of conference and beyond it are
places of honor. What do you mean by
that?
WHTTEHURST: By that I mean that
the bishops from other countries perceive
being assigned to the back row of the con-
ference floor as being relegated to the last
positions. It seems to me that we are al-
most guilty of saying we have second-class
citizens here because they are not mem-
bers of a United Methodist church, but are
members of an autonomous Methodist
church.
BISHOP AMMONS: Would the mem-
bers of the body express its opinion. Would
you like to have this referred to the
General Commission of the General Con-
ference, if so lift the hand? Thank you. Op-
posed? And it's referenced, and that
means that it will be dealt with carefully
and considerately. Thank you very much.
We have.. .listen to Bishop Hearn, please.
We'll come right back to you.
BISHOP HEARN: We have just been in-
formed that this morning an additional
bishop from an affiliated autonomous
church has arrived. I do not know where
he is in the hall; but if he is here, I would
like to recognize Bishop Castro from The
Evangelical Methodist Church of the
Philippines. Would he stand so he may be
greeted? He is here in the hall waving his
hand.
BISHOP AMMONS: All right, thank
you. And this issue is one which is of con-
cern to most of you, I'm sure, and it will be
referred and properly cared for. Now we
come to the agenda. Yes, sir. I'm sorry,
microphone 9.
ROY BLESSING (West Virginia): We
have a large body of Christians meeting in
the rally in Washington DC tomorrow;
therefore I would like to move the follow-
ing: I move that the Council of Bishops
send the fraternal greetings of the General
Conference to the one million Christians
attending the Washington for Jesus rally
in Washington DC on AprU 29th, 1988.
BISHOP AMMONS: Is that supported?
Does anybody wish to speak to that mo-
tion? Yes, all the way in the back?
Anybody wish to speak for or against it? If
you will vote in favor, lift the hand? Thank
you. Opposed? And it prevails. It prevails.
Thank you. Now we move to the report
from the Agenda Committee. John Bevan.
Let us be certain to get the written motion
as quickly as possible.
JOHN BEVAN: Bishop Ammons, for
the agenda tomorrow it appears at this
time the majority of time will be again
given to the legislative committees. At
9:00 a.m., immediately following worship,
there will be a presentation of the retiring
bishops, which originally had been
scheduled for today, but is rescheduled. At
9:15 there will be a period for courtesies.
Then as we see it at this time, at 9:20 we
should be able to begin considering calen-
dar items, and then at 11:00 adjourn to
legislative committees.
BISHOP AMMONS: All right, that is
your proposed agenda for tomorrow
morning. That's the agenda for tomorrow
morning. Yes, sir, I see your card here.
Microphone 7.
RHETT JACKSON (South Carolina):
Bishop, I would like to make a motion
about an order of the day for Saturday
morning. Is that in order for me to do that
at this time?
BISHOP AMMONS: Does it have to do
with the agenda, sir?
JACKSON: WeU, it has to do with the
agenda, yes; but this is Saturday morning
agenda.
BISHOP AMMONS: The rules suggest
that any item having to do with the agen-
da has to be referred to the committee,
bearing the signatures of a number of per-
sons; and then it will come back to us for
consideration if supported by a third of the
house.
JACKSON: Can I make this motion and
see?
BISHOP AMMONS: You make your
motion; and then I'm going to ask Jack
Bevan to speak to it, and see where we go
with it.
JACKSON: I move that the General
Conference grant an order of the day for
the general church Missional Priority
Coordinating Committee to make a visual
report to the conference on Saturday
morning; time needed, 20 minutes. And if
this is a motion I can make now, I would
like to speak to it, after your ruling about
if we need to suspend the rules.
BISHOP AMMONS: All right. Jack, has
the committee considered that?
BEVAN: Yes, Bishop, the committee
received a request jointly from the Mis-
sional Priority Coordinating Committee
and the Commission on Religion and
Race, requesting 45 minutes for this
morning or for sometime today. The com-
mittee considered the request, consulted
with the Commission on the General Con-
ference, with the secretary of the General
Conference, with the Council of Bishops,
and concluded that because there already
is in the Advance Daily Christian Advo-
cate, a report from the Missional Priority
Coordinating Committee, that the only
proper way for presentation of materials
from those groups to be brought to the
General Conference was through the
legislative committee. Accordingly, veiy
AprU 29, 1988
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135
regrettably, the Agenda Committee felt it
had no option but to deny the request
based on the rules of the conference. In
I conversation then with representatives of
the requesting group, I suggested that
there are two alternative methods to
proceed: one, to challenge the ruling of the
committee-which requires twenty signa-
tures--or a request that the rules be set
aside. I assume that this is the latter--a re-
quest for setting aside of the rules of the
General Conference.
JACKSON: Thank you. I would like to
appeal to the body to set the rules aside be-
cause I think it's very important that this
General Conference...
BISHOP AMMONS: AU right, your mo-
tion to suspend the rules, is that sup-
ported? That will require a two-third vote
of the house; it's imdebatable. If you will
suspend the rules in order to allow con-
sideration of an agenda item, please lifl
the hand. Thank you. Opposed? You have
suspended the rules. Now proceed.
JACKSON: Thank you very much.
Thank you. Conference. Question.. .my
question has been answered. Now can I
speak to this motion briefly? When we
asked the General Conference Committee
for this time, we were told that they were
getting so many requests of this kind.
Well, I don't believe there is a single re-
quest of this kind other than this one be-
cause a missional priority calls for massive
reordering of priorities all over the
church, and much has happened in the
last four years. Indeed much has happened
in the last 12 years, and we very much
would like to use 20 minutes of your time
for this report. And, Bishop, I think we
have Jack Heacock prepared to make a
brief statement on behalf of this motion.
Thank you very much.
BISHOP AMMONS: Does anybody
have any question about what is being re-
quested? I'm not certain we need to take
more time to discuss it. I think it is pretty
clear as to what's being requested. Now
you suspended the rules in order to con-
sider this. You need to act in order to re-
quest it as an agenda item for Saturday
morning-twenty minutes. If you will sus-
tain that motion, lift the hand. Thank you.
Opposed? And you have sustained the mo-
tion. It will be an agenda item. All right,
yes, right here. Microphone 3, and I will
get back here.
PHIL CARVER Gowa): I'd like to re-
quest a moment of persona] privilege to
present a resolution.
BISHOP AMMONS: AU right, PhU.
CARVER: Whereas, all delegates to this
General Conference have the right to fully
participate in all deliberations; and
whereas, repeated requests to provide
translators at legislative sections yester-
day were left unanswered; and whereas,
some delegates with multiple language
skills were limited in their ability to par-
ticipate in debate because they also were
serving as interpreters. Therefore, be it
resolved that the appropriate officials of
the General Conference be directed to im-
mediately seek and assign translators who
are not delegates to the General Con-
ference for all delegates needing such ser-
vices. If I have a second I'll speak to it.
BISHOP AMMONS: All right, go ahead
Phil.
CARVER: In our legislative committee
yesterday, several times people requested
the need for translators to interpret the
debate that was going on. Some of those
needs were met but not consistently and
as the day progressed we found it more
and more difficult to find interpreters for
the members of our section. Upon visiting
with others, I discovered there was also a
problem in other sections and it seems to
me that this is a very important issue that
we need to address firmly.
BISHOP AMMONS: Does anybody else
wish to speak on that matter? If you will
approve will you lift a hand? Thank yoa
Opposed? And the committee is properly
informed and advised. Now right here sir.
Yes sir. Microphone 2 1 believe.
CHARLES LIPPSE (Holston): I wish to
make a motion concerning the facilities
and equipment needed by the legislative
committees in order for them to do their
work more effectively. May I present that
motion now please?
BISHOP AMMONS: Make your motion
and we'll see if it is supported.
LIPPSE: I move that the Commission
on the General Conference and the Local
Committee be requested to provide the
legislative committees of the 1992 General
Conference adequate rooms and equip-
ment to do their important work; namely,
adjacent rooms for subcommittees and
tables for committee and subcommittee
members. And if it's seconded, I want to
speak to it please.
BISHOP AMMONS: All right, it is
seconded.
LIPPSE: Well, the rationale is that we
have such important work to do. We've
done a lot of homework coming here. We
have in our briefcases two DCA's, the Dis-
cipline, the Book of Resolutions; in our
files, writing materials. Some of us are
meeting four subcommittees in the same
room in different comers, and we are
trying to balance all those materials and
in all of the expediting of concurrence and
nonconcurrence, we simply don't have the
space and the equipment we need to do
that important work and a proof text
would be that it is easier for a camel to pass
through the eye of a needle.
BISHOP AMMONS: All right, we'U see
who dances with that one. Does anybody
wish to speak against that? All right, I
think we're ready to vote. If you will ap-
prove the motion lift a hand. Thank you.
Opposed? The motion is dearly sup-
ported. Now sir right here, then I'll come
to you Fran. Microphone 7. 1 think I hear
it now, tiy it again.
RAY GOENS (Texas): Bishop, this is a
motion that relates to the functions of the
Agenda Committee. I believe it would be
ordered at this time.
BISHOP AMMONS: Go ahead.
GOENS: This is a motion as follows. All
resolutions printed in the Advance DCA
Section D-1 and D-2 shall be presented to
General Conference by the end of the
morning plenary session, Wednesday,
May 4, 1988. Otherwise such resolution
shall not be received or acted upon by this
General Conference. If I have a second I
would like to speak to it.
BISHOP AMMONS: It seems to me we
would have to set aside the rules to deal
with that, would we not? The process is
pretty clear. Are you proposing a motion
that the rules be suspended to deal with
this?
GOENS: I do, yes.
BISHOP AMMONS: Is that supported?
It takes a two-third vote to suspend the
rules. If you would suspend the rules to
deal with that issue, lift a hand. Thank
you. Opposed? It is clearly not suspended.
We'll have to move on. Now Fran.
FRANCES ALGUIRE (Northern Il-
linois): We have appreciated hearing the
needs of legislative committees for space,
interpreters, et cetera, I remind you the
Commission on General Conference has
an office just to the right outside of this
meeting room. No. 115, if you would kind-
ly come there to register your needs they
will be cared for. Thank yoa
BISHOP AMMONS: Thank you Fran.
We're ready now for, well, I think Bishop
Heam has another introduction to make
at this time. Woody.
BISHOP HEARN: We have had bishops
from Korea and also from Hong Kong. We
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did not know that they were in the room,
but I'd like to recognize them and see if
they are here. Bishop Chang from The
Methodist Church of Korea. Bishop
Chang are you in the room? Bishop
Chang. I don't see him. Is Bishop Yong
from Hong Kong here? and Bishop Kwong
from Hong Kong? Here we are in the back.
All the way back, (applause) We are happy
to add these bishops to the ones that we
have already greeted and are delighted to
have them give us the honor of their
presence in this conference.
BISHOP AMMONS: Thank you. Now
we are ready to hear from Jim Walker and
the Presiding Officers Committee.
JIM WALKER: Bishop Ammons, fellow
delegates, your Committee on Presiding
Officers is pleased to announce that our
presiding officer for tomorrow morning's
session will be Bishop Robert M. Black-
man of the Richmond Area, Virginia.
Thank you.
BISHOP AMMONS: Thank you, and
we'll be in prayer for Bob the rest of the
day. (laughter) Just before we adjourn I'd
like to express my appreciation to you for
the manner in which you've honored this
morning. The spirit with which we began
was indeed sustained and will be for the
remainder of our conference, I'm certain.
We're going to be led in closing prayer
by a friend of all of us, a colleague, an es-
teemed colleague, Bishop Noah Watson
Moore, respected senior member of the
council, elected to this council in 1960,
residing in the New Orleans Area, and in
the Houston Area, and in the Missouri
Area, before going to Nebraska in 1968
where he remained until his retirement in
1972. I am especially pleased to present
him to you at this time to lead us in our
closing prayer. Bishop Moore.
(Prayer)
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THE GENERAL CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
VoLvn
St. Louis, Missouri, Saturday, April 30, 1988
No. 5
Conference Prepares to Shift Into High Gear
Saturday business includes 'Africa Initiative'
A weekend of work, worship, drama,
and, maybe, even a little rest and sight-
seeing, awaits General Conference
First though, Saturday morning they
will hear a report from the 1985-88 quad-
rennial missional priority on strengthen-
ing ethnic minority congregations, have
a first look at establishing a United
Methodist related-university in Africa,
and try to complete work of the legisla-
tive committees. Some of the latter ses-
sions are likely to extend well into Satur-
day night.
Sunday morning, delegates will have
an opportunity to hear bishops, clergy,
and lay delegates who will be preaching
in almost 60 St. Louis-area churches. A
complete listing is available in the DCA
(pg. 140) and on the message board out-
side the plenary hall.
P Agenda
Saturday, April 30
8:30 a.m. Worship
9:00 a.m. Missional Priorities/
Conutiission on
Religion and Race:
Special Report
9:20 a.m. Cfourtesies
9:25 a.m. Calendar Items
Consent Calendar #1
Africa Initiative
11:00 a.mA£;enda Report
Presiding Bishop Report
AnnoQDcements
Adjourn to Legis^
lative Sessions
12:30 p.m. Lunch
2:30-5:00 p.m. Legislative
Committees
7:30 p.m. Legislative
CommitteeB
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Woodring
displays
the bug
causing
voting
snafu.
Also on Sunday will be two performan-
ces of the host Missouri Area production,
"Through Church Windows." The 90-
minute original musical drama, written,
produced and directed by faculty and stu-
dents from Central Methodist College in
Fayette, Mo., looks at the past, present,
and future of Methodism.
Friday, during a brief business session,
the conference set a special order for
Saturday to hear the report from the
legislative committee considering the
"Africa Initiative," the formal name for
the university project. The committee
endorsed the program.
In another action related to Africa, the
delegates approved increasing the num-
ber of active bishops in Africa from seven
to eight. The proposal noted that there
has been "significant numerical growth"
in United Methodism in Africa in the
past few years.
On another question relateii to central
conferences, the delegates rejected a
proposal to put a limit on the number of
years a bishop could serve in a particular
John Goodwin
area. In the United States, bishops nor-
mally serve only eight years in an area.
In a light-hearted moment Friday, De-
Wayne Woodring, conference business
manager, displayed the "bug" reported to
have fouled the new electronic voting
system when it was tested on opening
day. A new test proved successful, and
the system was used the rest of the morn-
ing to give instantaneous results on the
first dozen of what eventually may total
upwards of 1,500 calendar items.
In a "statement of concern" released
Friday, bishops of the church said that it
is time for new initiatives to resolve the
Middle East conflict. Israel, the church's
chief pastors said, is in a position to
make the "first generous move.
"It is time," the 62 active bishops as-
serted, for "peace and justice to
embrace." Basing their concern on the
biblical call for peace, the bishops said
the Middle East, as one of the cradles of
the world's great religions, "cries out for
a resolution of its conflicts in the spirit
of God's peace and justice."
-Robert Lear
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DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
April 30, 1988
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'Shared Journey'
"Shared Journey," a choir of clergywomen from the Baltimore Annual
Conference, will be participating in today's worship. The clergywomen
have been gathering together for community, support, and spiritual nur-
ture, for several years. While away on retreat, the women realized that
their bonding and support became more vital and strong as they sang.
Because of that experience, they committed themselves to meet month-
ly. Two of the women, Jan Powers Miller and Susan R. Beehler, have
written songs that chronicle the personal, spiritual, and corporate lives
shared at their meetings.
The group has participated in many worship services that include their
original liturgies, prayers, dances, and songs. The 25 women who
gather represent a small group of the over 1 50 clergywomen in the Bal-
timore Annual Conference.
Worship Leaders from Zaire, Pennsylvania Close First Week of Assembly
Bishop Fama Onema and the Rev.
Theodore W. Loder will lead worship as
the first week of General Conference
draws to a close.
Preaching at 8:30 a.m. in Cervantes
Convention Center will be Bishop
Onema. He has been episcopal leader of
the Central Zaire Area since his 1972
election to the episcopacy.
Bishop Onema served as a village pas-
tor, professor in the theological school,
director of the Pastors' School and
statistician. He was conference secretary
when he was elected bishop.
Bishop Onema and his wife, Ekoko,
have seven children.
Liturgist this morning will be Bishop
Thomas S. Bangura, episcopal leader of
the United Methodists in Sierra Leone.
Dr. Loder wDl preach at 2:30 p.m.
today at St. Patrick's Catholic Church,
one block west of the convention center
on 7th Street.
Dr. Loder is senior pastor of First
United Methodist Church, German-
town, Penn., an appointment he has
held for 25 years. The congregation was
among the first to declare itself a
"sanctuary church" for Central and
South American refugees.
A preacher and teacher in a number of
local church, annual conference and col-
lege settings. Dr. Loder preached at the
public sanctuaiy service for the Nation-
al Conference in Impact in 1986. He was
the co-leader with the Rev. Daniel Ber-
rigan of a seminar on prophetic minis-
try.
He received his divinity degree from
Yale Divinity School and earned a doctor
of philosophy degree in contemporary
theology.
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139
Area night musical
^Through Church Windows' Looks to
Past, Present, Future of Methodism
The production is the work of Central
Methodist College English professor
Delegates and others involved in the
intensive labors of General Conference
can look forward to a welcome mid-way
break tomorrow.
The host Missoiiri Area will be "pulling
out all the stops" with two performances
of an original musical drama, "Through
Church Windows."
The 90-minute production has been
written, produced, and directed entirely
by faculty and others from Central
Methodist College (CMC). CMC is lo-
cated in the central Missouri commimity
of Fayette.
"From beginning
to end, this is essen-
tial Methodism-
past, present, and
future," comments
Dr. Donald Eidson,
who has written the
lyrics. "The whole
message is there as
a way of searching
the meaning of United Methodism
through the principal characters of
tradition, reason, experience, Scripture,
and vision," he added.
Eidson, producer for "Windows," is
professor of English at CMC and the
school's associate dean.
According to Eidson, five allegorical
characters travel freely in time, peering
through church windows in eighteenth
century England, in the contemporary
United States, and on an Aldersgate
celebration in 2038.
Following the dose of business Satur-
day, the troupe wOl transform the Cer-
vantes Convention Center stage for the
production, which will include a 260-
voice choir from various choirs
throughout the Missouri Area.
The show will include 24 characters
ranging from a 7-year-old child to adults,
plus a 16-piece orchestra drawn from the
college's pool of musical talent. Of the
five leading parts, three will be played by
professionals.
While the five allegorical characters
search for truth and meaning, there are
some lighter moments including a duet
between women in the futuristic seg-
ment, commenting on "Committees."
The first scene in the musical is the
Foimdiy, an old London cannon factory
where John Wesley met with a group of
early followers. Principal characters are
an Anglican priest from Bristol who had
been fascinated by Wesley's open-air
preaching; an unidentified nobleman;
the historical character Peter Bohler,
who did much to influence Wesley's
theology and practices; and finally a
cameo appearance by Wesley himself.
Scene two, in contemporary times, is
in a "generic" United Methodist church
during the children's sermon, with a
three-part "musical argument" between
the five characters, some chOdren, and a
group of adults.
The third scene is set in the London of
2038 for the 300th anniversary of
Wesley's Aldersgate experience.
Paul Drummond, director of choral ac-
tivities at Central and the show's musi-
cal director, has written original music
including the title song. Another selec-
tion, "Vision," has original lyrics set to
the hymn tune "Be Thou My Vision."
Faculty member Ronald Anson did the
musical arrangements, and Kenneth
Bryant of the theater department
designed sets and is the stage director.
The show's executive producer is Joe
A. Howell, CMC's president since 1977.
The school is known for its Swinney
Conservatory of Music, which has
trained many church and school
musicians throughout Missouri and
beyond.
Audition tapes for major roles and for
the choir were solicited from churches
throughout the state, plus in-person
auditions for CMC students.
This is the third such production Eid-
son has written and produced. His first,
"Some Trust in Chariots," was written
for the U.S. Bicentennial in 1976 and
performed widely across Missouri. The
second, "Mysterious Ways," was
produced in 1984 for the Bicentennial of
Methodism in America.
-James H. Steele
Time and Ticket Information
General public-B p.m.
Delegates/Ofricials~7:30 p.m.
Tickets have been furnished in
delegates' packets.
Additional tickets are avaOable for
a $5 donation at the ticket booth in
the Sheraton Hotel across from the
Convention Center
Times --Today: 11 a.m - 2 p.m., and
4-7 p.m.; Sun.: noon - 3 p.m.
For Deiegates
When you speak to the conference--
1. Stand at your seat and hold up your placard provided for
that purpose.
2. Stay in your place until the chair recognizes you.
3. Go to the nearest aisle microphone as soon as you are
recognized
4. Step up to where you can speak directly into the
microphone.
5. Announce your name and annual conference first and let
the chair repeat them before you proceed (See Rule Six)
When you make a motion-
1. Write out your amendment or other proposal on a mo-
tion pad.
2. Sign your name and annual conference.
3. As soon as you finish reading your motion into the
microphone, hand it to a page to deliver to the document
secretary.
4. If amending printed material, indicate exactly where the
change belongs-what words come out and what words are
added (See Rule 32).
140
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
April 30, 1988
Guest Speakers for General Conference
A good number of guest speakers will be filling pulpits in Southern Illinois
and Missouri East Conference churches during General Conference. Follow-
ing are the assignments as reported to or arranged by the Local Committee:
Sunday, May 1
Speaker
Illinois Churches
Host Church and Pastor
Host Church and Pastor
Missouri Churches
Don Mendenhsll Bethalto (L«wrenc« E. Becker)
SUn England Irt UMC, Wood River (Glenn Creek)
Philip Wogamiui Metropolitan UMC, Alton (John E. Sims)
Willimn R. Key Caseyville UMC (K. Bruce Rushing)
June Parker Goldman Grace-Prospect Park, Washington Park and
Fairview Heights (L. C. Pruehsner)
Vernon Bigler First UMC, Marissa (Glen E. Roeborough)
Wallace Chappell Nameoki UMC, Granite City (Jerry L. Reed)
10:45 am. 1900 Pontoon Rd.
•Mary Austin Aldersgate Community UMC, East St Louis
(Lisa M. Joiner)
10:45 am. 715 N. 80th
Bishop J. W. Hardt Christ UMC, Fairview HeighU (B. R
Cummins)
Sharon Rhoncmus First UMC, Lebanon (John Grob)
First UMC, East Alton (Dean Blackburn)
•Bishop L. Bevel Jones Wesley Bethel UMC, East St. Louis
(Roderick McLean)
Vernie T. Barnett Niedringhaus, Granite City (Ralph Totten)
8:30 & 10:30 am. 20th & Delmar
•Bishop Joe Yeakel Union, Belleville (William LewU)
Walter Zabel Immanuel, EdwardsviUe (EUis Dagger)
Bishop Richard Wilke lat UMC, East Alton (Dean Blackburn)
Missouri Churches
Harold Battiste, Jr Fenton (Nick K. Kiriakos)
8:30 & 10:45 am. 800 Granois
•Jim Beal Kingshighway, SL Louis (Richard White)
9:45 a.m. 900 Bellerive Blvd.
Bishop Monk Bryan Concord Trinity, St. Louis (Jack L.
9:30 & 1 1 am. 5275 South Lindbergh
•Donald L. Carver — Scruggs Memorial 9 am. 3846 Fairvew
Christy Memorial 11 am. 4601 Morganford
St Louis (Jean B. Scott)
BileyCiM „... Elliaville (John Ray)
8:30 and 10:30 a.m. 1355 Clayton Rd.
•Bishop Roy C. Clark St John's, St Louis (Willard Spencer)
5000 Washington
•Bishop Roy Nichols Cabanne, St Louis (John N. Doggett, Jr.)
10:45 a.m. 5760 Bartmer Ave.
Bishop R. Kern Eutsler Stephan Memorial, St LouU (John H.
Millsaps, Jr.)
8:15 4 10:50 am. 2730 Walton Rd. 63114
GeneFruer Bonne-Terre-Marvin Chapel (Robert
Hemmeria)
Bishop William B. Grove Kirkwood UMC (Marvin Pyron)
8:30 & 1 1 am. 201 West Adams
Bishop J. Woodrow Hearn New Hope, Arnold (Howard Hardeman)
8:15 & 10:45 a.m. 3921 Jeffco Blvd.
John P. Hanson Brasher Ct (Glen Lochhead)
Harold G. Hunter Mt Auburn-Wesley. St Louis (Myrtle
Schroeder)
10:45 am. 8841 Lucas Hunt
Thomas K. Kim College UMC, Warrenton (David Richardson)
10:30 am. 701 East Main
Adam Kuczma Maplewood UMC (Jane Clark)
10:40 am. 7409 Flora
Bishop Arthur Kulah First UMC, St Charles (R. Paul MetcalO
8:15 & 10:45 am. 801 First Capital
Kent Millard Faith, St Charles (Gary MetcalD
8:30 & 1 1 am. 2950 Droste Rd.
FritI Mutti Zion, St Louis (Robert Gail Woods)
9:30 & 10:45 am. 1603 Unio Rd.
Saranne P. ODonnell St Andrews, Florissant (Philip Niblack)
8:30 t 1 1 am. 3975 No. Hi. 67
William B. Odcn Williams Memorial, O'Fallon (Richard L.
Combe)
8:30 & 11 am. 307 Pittman
Tal Oden Centenary, Louisiana (George Braden)
•William K Quick Lafayette Park, St Louis (Diana Loomis)
10:45 am. 2300 Layfayette
•Bishop Louis Schowengerdt University, St Louis (Bruce Davis)
10:30 am. 6901 Washington
Tei Sample Church of the Shepherd, St Charles
(David G. Bennett)
8:15 4 10:30 am. 4116McClay
Richard A Thornburg St Clair (JeffryC. Spaulding)
10:45 am. 485 3. Main
Ernest J. Wendell Whitewater-Advance (Hubert Roberson)
Bishop C. Dale White Salem, Ballwin (Kelly Holt)
8:15 & 10:30 am. 14825 Manchester
Charles D. Whittle Wesley, Jefferson City (Geoffrey
Posegate)
•Bishop Eugene M. Frank Grace, St Louis (Larry Gallamore)
11am. 6199 Waterman
John Martin Bellefontaine, St Louis (Alfred
Mitchener)
8:30 & 11 am. 10600 Bellefontaine
•Bishop James S. Thomas Union Memorial, St Louis (J. LaVon
Kincaid, Sr.)
10:30 am. 1141 Belt
Barbara Blackstone Smith Chapel-Central Grove (Kenneth
Johnson)
Victor Goldachmidt Belgrade-Bismarck (Robert Bullock)
•William Jacoha Immanuel, St Louis (Robert Moger)
10:45 a.m. 2105 McCausland
Delton Krueger Elsberry-Smith Chapel (Terry Gallamore)
10:45 a.m.
P. Boyd Mather United Methodist Church of Green Trails,
Chesterfield (Kenneth W. Gottman)
8:30* 11 am. 14237 Ladue
William A. McCartney Manchester UMC (John W. Ward, Jr.)
8:15,9:30* 11 am. 129 Woodsmill Rd.
Evelyn Laycock Gray Summit-Labadie (Barry Woodward)
Gray Summit 8:30 am.
Labadie 10 am.
Bradford and Ford Streets
•Moujon Biggs Fry Memorial-Shaw Avenue (Keith Morgan)
Fry Memorial 9:30 am. 2501 Clifton
Shaw Avenue 11 am. 4265 Shaw
•Major J Jones SamariUn (Michele Sue Shumate)
11 am. 4234 Washington
• Churches located within five miles of the Cervantes Convention Center.
AprU 30, 1988
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
141
Attention Tram Riders
All tickets to ride the trams to and
from your hotel must be purchased at
the front desk of the Convention Center
before boarding. Tickets are $1 each
ride or $5 for unlimited boarding
through May 6.
•••
Dallas-Ft. Worth Area is honoring
Bishop John Russell and Mrs. Mary Jean
Russell with a dinner Thursday, May 6,
6 p.m., at Miss Hullings, 11th and
Locust. All delegates and visitors from
this area are encouraged to attend. For
detfdls, see Homer Kluck, Spurgeon
Dunnam or Margaret Tarr.
Announcements
The Boston Area delegation and
others from the Maine, New Hampshire,
and Southern New England conferences
will meet on Wednesday, May 4 at 5:45
p.m. for dinner at the Radisson Hotel,
Delta Room. Bishop George W. Bashore
will be the honored guest. Reservations
may be made by Monday noon with
Richard Evans, Room 1206, Days Inn at
the Arch.
Delegates and members of West Ohio
Conference will hold a dinner May 2 at 6
p.m. in honor of Bishop Edsel A Am-
St. Louis Radio and Television
Stations Feature United
Methodists
Jane Hull Harvey and Peggy Halsey
will discuss sexual harassment on "Sun-
day Morning Live," May 1, 9-10 a.m.,
KMJM-MAJIC FM 108. Ms. Harvey is
program coordinator for the Board of
Church and Society (BCS) in
Washington, D.C. Ms. Halsey is execu-
tive director of the Office of Ministries
with Women in Crisis for the Board of
Global Ministries in New York City.
Homelessness and fair housing will be
the issues discussed when the Rev. Harry
Smith and Dr. Beverly Jackson are fea-
tured on "Open Line" on KSLH~91.5 FM
at 12 noon on Monday, May 2. Mr. Smith
is the executive director of Metro Mini-
stry in St. Louis. His unit works with the
homeless. Dr. Jackson directs the BCS
department of human welfare.
Programs announced earlier are:
Bishop Woodie W. White on AIDS,
"East Side, West Side," KDNL TV, Chan-
nel 30, Saturday, April 30, 6:30 a.m, and
Sunday, May 1, 6 a.m.
Dr. C. R. Hager on aging, Rev. Jean B.
Scott on homelessness, Bishop Melvin G.
Talbert on racism, "Dialogue," WIL, 1430
AM, Sunday, May 1, 6 a.ni.
Pauline Niles, Missouri East delegate
presenting an overview of General Con-
ference, "Close Up," KEZK, 102 FM, 6:30
a.m., and WRTH, 590 AM, 6 a.m., Sun-
day, May 1.
Just 80 Years Ago. . .
Each General Conference has its issues
that leave definite impressions. The ex-
perience of this General Conference ses-
sion may not be that different from what
the delegates experienced at the 1904
General Conference, 80 years ago. Here
are some comments that appeared in the
Daily Christian Advocate following the
1904 General Conference of The
Methodist Episcopal Church:
"...At the opening of the conference
there were grave apprehensions on the
part of many thoroughly devout people
lest some grievous blimders should be
made in the decisions of the conference.
It is doubtful if anything performed by
the General Conferences in the last half
centuiy has created a greater commotion
than the Report of the Committee on
Episcopacy proposing to retire five of the
general superintendents at once.. .but it
was handled with such deftness and such
good sense and sobriety, and every ut-
terance was made with such careful
selection of terms and weighing of words
that the delicate task was performed
with the least possible friction and left
the smallest occasion for heart bum-
mgs...."
"Altogether the conference has been
one of the greatest that the Church has
ever known. It is understood that Bishop
[Stephen M.] Merrill says that this is the
greatest conference ever held by the
Methodist Episcopal Church "
Looking back on it, there were sig-
nificant actions taken:
1. Agreed to sponsor a common hym-
nal, catechism, and order of worship
with the M.E. Church, South, and to in-
vite the A.M.E. Church, A.M.E. Zion
Church, and C.M.E. Church to join in
this common venture.
2. Sought close relations between the
M.E. Church and M.E. Church South,
and to explore the general issue of a
federation of churches. This action led
eventually to the formation of the
Federation Council of Churches.
3. Adopted a new constitution, which
annual conferences had approved in the
preceding four years.
-Walter N. Vemon
The Western North Carolina Con-
ference delegation luncheon with Bishop
and Mrs. Bevel Jones will be held on
Tuesday, May 3 at 12:30 p.m. at the
Media Club, 30th floor, Laclede Gas
Building, 720 Olive St. Reservations may
be made with Joetta Rinehart or Thomas
B. Stockton.
Delegates and friends of the Kansas
Area will gather following evening ad-
journment on Monday, May 2 in the Gal-
lery Room, Days Inn at the Arch, for a
reception honoring Bishop and Mrs.
Kenneth Hicks.
Reminder to invited guests:
Black United Methodist district
superintendents' breakfast honoring
Bishops Leontine Kelly and James
Thomas, Sunday, May 1, 7 a.m.,
Sheraton Hotel, Boulevard Room.
MARCHA (Methodists Associated
Representing the Cause of Hispanic
Americans) will hold a banquet May 1 at
6 p.m. in the West Ballroom, Sheraton
Hotel. The National Convocation Plan
for Hispanic Ministry will be high-
lighted. Tickets were sold in advance,
but everyone is invited to attend the
program after dinner.
All are welcome to a worship service of
celebration and baptismal renewal Sun-
day, May 1 at 9:45 a.m. in Room 130 of
the Convention Center. The Baltimore
clergywomen will sing. Sponsored by the
General Commission on the Status and
Role of Women.
A video "Casting out Fear: Reconciling
Ministries with Gay/Lesbian United
Methodists," will be shown today, 12:15
to 1 p.m.. Room 270, Convention Center.
Chairs of legislative committees: When
you have finished your work, pick up
your last batch of completed Legislative
Committee Reports in Room 111.
Delegates and friends of the Wisconsin
Conference will meet Wednesday, May 4
at 5:30 p.m. for a dinner at the Sheraton
Hotel, Robert E. Lee Room. Paid reser-
vations must be given to Phyllis
Rodriguez. Honored guests will be
Bishop and Mrs. David Lawson and
retired Bishop and Mrs. Ralph Alton.
Worship Services Available On Tape:
Requests for copies of the bishops' ser-
mons have poured in. Audio and video
tapes of all morning worship services are
available, (audiotapes, $7; videotapes,
$25).
142
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
April 30, 1988
Judicial CouncU Adapts Guides for Appearances
Years of Tradition, Months of
Planning Go Into Seating Order
The following rules were adopted by
the Judicial Council on Friday, April 29,
Rules For Parties Appearing
Before The Judicial Council
The Judicial Council is the Ecclesiasti-
cal Court of The United Methodist
Church. The Council realizes that many
persons appearing before the Judicial
Council or having cases before the Judi-
cial Council are not learned in legal pro-
cedures, which for that matter vary from
state to state. We, therefore, make these
suggestions £ind rules.
LPreparation of Briefs
Briefs may be printed, typewritten, or
produced by any copying or duplicating
process which produces a clear black
image on lettersize white paper, using
only one side of each page. The tejrt
should be double-spaced except for mat-
ters which are customarily single-
spaced. The pages in the briefs should
be nimibered consecutively.
ILThe Brief of the Petitioner to
the Judicial Council
The petitioner's brief should set forth
the jurisdiction of the Judicial Council
together with a succinct statement of the
provisions of the Constitution or Dis-
cipline of The United Methodist
Church relied upon with corresponding
citations of previous Judicial Coimcil
decisions. It is veiy important that the
dLsciplinary issue be stated over and
above any documents submitted to the
Judicial Council to decline jurisdiction.
mAU Briefs
All briefs should also contain a concise
statement of the facts and issues includ-
ing a resume of all actions of lower dis-
ciplinary courts with a statement of any
errors relied upon, giving accurate cita-
tions of the pages of the record and the
authority cited and a short conclusion
stating the precise relief sought. Failure
to do so may delay consideration of the
matter by the Judicial Council.
Ten copies of the brief should be sub-
mitted to the Secretary of the Council.
The language used in the brief and in
other communications to the Council
shall be courteous, free from vile,
obscene, obnoxious, or offensive expres-
sions, and free from insulting, abusive,
discourteous, or irrelevant criticism of
any person, class of persons or associa-
tions of persons, or any official of the
church or officer thereof, or of any in-
stitution. Any violation of this rule shall
subject the author to having the material
returned and the refusal of the Judicial
Council to consider the matter.
All briefs shall be filed not later than
45 calendar days after the filing of the
matter before the Judicial Council.
IV.Oral Arguments
All cases are submitted to the Judicial
Council for decision without oral argu-
ment, unless a written request for per-
mission to argue orally is filed with the
Secretary of the Council, and permission
is granted by the President. When per-
mission for oral argument has been
granted to one party the right to oral ar-
gument extends to all parties, unless the
r^ht to argue orally has been forfeited.
Oral argument shall be confined to the
time allowed by the President of the
Council.
In oral argument the same informa-
tion should be provided to the Judicial
Council as called for in the briefs.
However, parties should be cautioned
that they should not read their briefs to
the Judicial Council. The members of the
Council are literate and will have read
the briefs. Parties are cautioned best to
use time by succinctly stating the
primary issues that they wish to call to
the attention of the Judicial Council.
"Catch the Spirit' Update
A daUy 15-minute TV report on
the General Conference
6:30 - 7:30 a.m.
Radisson Hotel-Ch 8
Holiday Inn-Ch 8
Sherton Hotel-Ch 8
Days Inn-Ch 12
Repeated four times within the hour
each day except Simday.
The communion offering taken
on Tuesday was $9,521.46 for
Mozambiciue Relief (Advance Spe-
cial).
Episcopal and Lay
Addresses Available
on Audiotape.
Order at Booth
outside UM Publishing
House Display.
Row on row of blue chairs and tables in
the Cervantes plenary hall provide an or-
derly settmg for the General Conference
to do its business, but behind the order
are countless hours of planning and
chart-drawing with a fedora thrown in to
arrive at the seating arrangement.
Traditionally, bishops of The United
Methodist Church and the Judicial j
Council are seated on the platform, along I
with the secretarial staff, editor of the 1
Daily Christian Advocate, and members
of the Committee on Correlation and
Editorial Revision. Special space has to
be provided for the presiding officer and
people speaking from the platform.
Priority on the floor goes to voting
delegates from United Methodist annual,
missionary, and provisional conferences
in the United States, Puerto Rico, Africa,
Europe, and the Philippines; and three
autonomous churches with which
United Methodism has concordat
relationships-Caribbean and the
Americas, Great Britain, and Mexico.
Once the number of delegates has been
determined, the drawing of the actual
floor plan begins. A random drawing is
conducted about 18 months ahead of the
session to determine location of the
various delegations.
For 1988, Mexico, Hungary, Denmark,
and the German Democratic Republic
were drawn first from the hat. Other in-
ternational delegates near the front of
the hall include those from Sweden, Fin-
land, the Federal Republic of Germany,
and the Philippines.
After seats have been provided for
voting delegates, then provisions must be
made for nonvoting representatives of
autonomous churches affiliated with The
United Methodist Church, and general
secretaries of denominational agencies.
Once all these groups have been assigned
space, attention then is turned to news
media, spouses of bishops, the Judicial
Council, reserve delegates, and visiting
dignitaries such as ecumenical repre-
sentatives. Choirs and other musical
groups also must be fitted in, and special
attention provided for persons with
handicaps.
Cervantes provides space for about
4,000 visitors, in addition to the 996
voting delegates, 200 news media repre-
sentatives, and hundreds of reserve
delegates, spouses and dignitaries.Now,
mused Dr. Woodring, "if only all these
could have a front row seat with a good
view of the large screens and clear sound
from the public address system...."
-Robert Lear
April 30, 1988
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
143
Legislative Committees at Work
The following brief reports are compiled by the staffs of United
Methodist Communications and the Daily Christian Advocate.
They do not represent official reports of the committees.
Church and Society
Recommended to the plenary for
approval:
•A Revised Social Principles
paragraph on human sexuality (Para.
7 IF) retaining the words, "though we do
not condone homosexuality.. .and con-
sider the practice incompatible...." A
minority report would eliminate those
words (63 for, 32 against, 1 abstention);
♦Retaining the present Social Prin-
ciples statement on abortion with the ad-
dition of the sentence, "We cannot affirm
abortion as an acceptable means of birth
control (94-1-6);
•"In Support of Self-Determination
and Non-intervention" recognizing "that
in rare instances intervention could be
justified," designating eight standards,
and prohibiting covert action or use of
nuclear weapons (57-38-3);
♦Endorsing and recommending
cooperation in Project Equality;
•Amending the Social Principles
paragraph on "Rights of Women" to show
support for affirmative action efforts;
*A study on homosexuality to begin
immediately after General Conference,
conducted by the General Coimcil on
Ministries using as consultants repre-
sentatives of msgor points of view on
homosexuality;
*A resolution affirming a diversity of
language usage in the U.S. and opposing
a constitutional amendment making
English the official language;
*A change of the word "Father" to
"Creator" in the preamble to the Social
Principles;
*A petition to retain imchanged "Our
Social Creed" in the Social Principles
(Conmiittee voted nonconcurrence on a
number of petitions requesting changes
in "Our Social Creed");
*The report from the Infant Formula
Task Force of the General Board of
Church and Society (GBCS);
*A petition highlighting the "close"
relationship between the General Com-
mission on Religion and Race and GBCS
as they lead denominational efforts for
racial and social justice;
*A designation of GBCS participation
in the Joint Committee on Stewardship.
Concurred with:
•Petition on Affirmative Action that
would revise present resolution in the
Book of Resolutions (89-0-1);
•Petition condemning sexual harass-
ment in church and society in the USA
and calling the church to model an en-
vironment of "welcome, respect and
equality (91-1-1);
Nonconcurred with:.
•A number of petitions to alter the
present resolution on responsible paren-
thood in the Book of Resolutions. A
minority report suggests significant
changes as suggested in the petitions (79-
16-1);
•A request to change the name
"Church and Society" to "Church in
Society."
Referred back to the subcommittee:,
•The petition on "Peace, Justice and
the Reunification of Korea" for further
discussion;
•The report on economic boycotts, to
complete discussion on how the church
should utilize the boycott guidelines.
-Helen Chang and Lee Ranch
Conferences
Concurred with:
•A petition to make explicit the minis-
try of the laity both within the congrega-
tion and in the home, workplace, com-
munity and world; consolidated descrip-
tion of responsibilities of conference lay
leader;
•A petition to permit election of as-
sociate conference lay leader;
•A petition further clarifying that an
annual conference "Cannot financially
obligate any organizational unit of The
United Methodist Church except the An-
nual Conference itself;"
•A petition adding a new sub-
paragraph to Para. 705 detailing
methods for gathering and protecting
records of candidates and ministerial
personnel;
•A petition permitting but not man-
dating establishment of an annual con-
ference Committee on Ministry to Per-
sons with Handicapping Conditions.
Nonconcurred with:,
•Several petitions designed to limit
consideration of controversial items by
the General Conference;
•Petitions to allow lay members to
vote on ministerial matters;
Recommended the plenary agree:
•To allow a moment of silence at this
(Jeneral Conference to celebrate 100
years of the deaconess movement and to
send greetings from the General Con-
ference to the national meeting of deaco-
nesses and home missionaries in August;
Recommended the plenary refuse:
•To allow election of lay and clergy
delegates to General Conference by
plurality on one ballot for each class;
•To allow lay and clergy members to
vote for all General Conference
delegates rather than by class;
•To mandate secretary of General
Conference convene one meeting per
quadrennium with secretaries of juris-
dictional conferences for orientation
and coordination;
•To add coordinators of scouting to
district or conference structure;
•To add district presidents of United
Methodist Women and United
Methodist Men to annual conference
membership.
•To add a paid General Conference
petitions secretary.
-Ann Whiting and Darrell Shamblin,
Faith and Mission
•Expressed satisfaction with a col-
legial spirit in the work of the commit-
tee and supported continued effort to
achieve significant consensus before
taking the proposed new statement of
"Our Theological Task" to the plenary;
•Completed paragraph -by-paragraph
work on the report of Commission on
Doctrinal Standards and Our Theologi-
cal Task and agreed to a final overview
of the entire document;
•Expressed agreement that "like
Scripture these (tradition, experience
and reason) may become creative
vehicles of the Holy Spirit, as they func-
tion within the church. They quicken
our faith, open our eyes to the wonder of
God's love and clarify our under-
standing."
•Agreed to fmalize Friday night lan-
guage on the role of Scripture and the in-
teraction of Scripture with experience,
tradition and reason.
-Dana Jones and Richard Thornburg
144
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
April 30, 1988
General Administration
Affirme±
*The proposed 1989-92 quadrennial
theme, "Celebrate God's Grace: Witness
for Jesus Christ" with suggestions for
witness and action by congregations, an-
nual conferences, the Council of Bishops
and general agencies. Reordered some
paragraphs to give peace with justice a
higher priority.
•The report of the Study of the Con-
nectional Principles.
Concurred with:
•A petition requesting that there be no
missional priority for 1989-1992;
*The report on developing congrega-
tions for deaf ministry;
*The report from the Council of
Bishops committee to coordinate the
goal to increase membership;
*The report on the Baltimore Declara-
tion;
*The report on Prison Mini-
stries/Prison Reform which includes six
recommendations, including the estab-
lishment of a conference committee on
prison ministries through the con-
ference council on ministries, leadership
by the Council of Bishops, local church
study on biblical and theological issues
related to the criminal justice system and
that bishops, district superintendents
and the director of the conference coun-
cil on ministries visit at least one prison
annually and report on the significance
of prison and jail ministries to the clergy
and laity;
*The report of the Advisory Commit-
tee on Stewardship after removing
recommendations calling for a budget in-
crease for the Section on Stewardship of
the General Board of Discipleship of
$791,000 for the quadrennium; adopted
an amendment mandating the Section
on Stewardship of the Board of Global
Ministries to coordinate the work of the
Joint Committee on Stewardship to
develop and promote a holistic
stewardship program;
*The report on the Advance for Christ
and His Church;
•A petition asking the full title of The
Advance "for Christ and His church" be
printed in the Book of Discipline.
-Robert F. Story
Global Ministries
Recommended to the plenary for ap-
proval
•Deleting Para. 146 which says the
United Methodist Association of Health
and Welfare Ministries may be organized
and replacing it with an amplified
paragraph allowing organization of the
association but adding that it is "an af-
filiate group" and "is not owned or con-
trolled by the General Board of Global
Ministries (GBGM) or its divisions or
departments." (The new wording was
approved 50-46 on the third ballot.)
*A proposal directing GBGM to
develop a comprehensive plan for Native
American ministries with two foci: al-
cohol and drug abuse and life-threaten-
ing diseases and ministries that include
tribal sovereignty. Plan is to be
developed in consultation with the Na-
tive American International Caucus
(NAIC) and the Oklahoma Indian Mis-
sionary Conference (OIMC), imple-
mented during the quadrennium as
feasible and reported in full to the 1992
General Conference;
*A petition requesting GBGM to
develop a comprehensive study of the use
of Native American lands by the church;
*A petition that an annual conference
coordinator for volunteers in mission
"may be" elected annually and a related
proposal afTirming volunteers in mis-
sion.
Nonconcurred with:
•Several petitions asking for changes
in the structure of the Women's Division
of the General Board of Global Mini-
stries, including one to replace the
present Women's Division with a laity
division incorporating both United
Methodist Women and United
Methodist Men;
•A proposal for district boards of
global ministries;
•Proposals mandating a continuation
of the dialogue between the Mission
Society for United Methodists and
GBGM and adopted, instead, a motion
expressing appreciation for the progress
made in the dialogue and that the Mis-
sion Society, BGM and the Council of
Bishops "be urged to find ways" to con-
tinue the dialogue;
•Proposals that the mission society be
affirmed as a sending society by the
church.
Referred-
•To the Council of Bishops a petition
asking the General Conference to ask
forgiveness for oppression of Native
American people.
—Betty Thompson and Charles Cole
Higher Education and Chaplaincy
Recommended to the plenary for ap-
proval
•A petition for financial support
through the Black College Fund for
Black colleges historically related to the
United Methodist Church; an amend-
ment to waive 1519.3 for two years to
allow the possibility that Morristown
College in Tennessee could be re-ac-
credited was defeated in subcommittee;
•A request for the General Board of
Higher Education and Ministry (BHEM)
to develop guidelines for annual con-
ference boards of ordained ministry;
•A request for BHEM to recruit
chaplains who speak another language
beside English to serve in United
Methodist institutions and in
governmentjil agencies;
•A number of editorial changes in
various disciplinary paragraphs.
Concurred with:
•A petition asking BHEM to design a
comprehensive plan for recruitment,
training and deployment of Native
American clergy that is sensitive to the
Native American culture;
•A petition asking one or more semi-
naries to develop a national forum on
Native American theology.
Non-concurred with:
•A petition that Student Recognition
Day be observed without offering.
Referred to:
•The committee on Ordained and
Diaconal Ministry a substitute for a peti-
tion asking development of continuing
education programs appropriate to Na-
tive American clergy.
This legislative committee has com-
pleted its work.
-Lester Moore and John Borchert.
Local Church
Concurred with:.
•A petition adding a coordinator of
adult ministries to the council on mini-
stries;
•A petition to add a coordinator of
single adult ministries, person in minis-
try with persons who have handicapping
conditions and a coordinator of scouting
to the coimcil on ministries;
•A petition that churches form class
meetings based on the Wesleyan model;
•A petition to delete reference to age
groups, racial groups, ethnic groups and
groups with handicapping conditions
from para. 202 that deals with the min-
istiy of the local church;
Nonconcurred with:,
•A petition adding the church his-
torian to the council on ministries;
Referred to:
*The General Board of Pensions a
petition that provision be made for
health and life insurance, severance pay
and pensions for full-time lay employees
of the local church.
-Laura Okumu
Ordained and Diaconal Ministry
•The minority report supporting dele-
tion of the last sentence of para. 402.2
will be distributed to the committee.
AprU 30, 1988
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
145
Concurred with:
•A petition adding a new item 2 to
para. 519 to charge the district superin-
tendent to seek to lead pastors and chur-
ches to a commitment "to the mandate of
inclusiveness...;"
•A petition to change the minimal con-
sultation with the committee on district
superintendency from at least twice a
year to at least "annually";
•A petition to change Para. 520. 1 to list
diaconal ministers, as well as pastors, as
those under the district superintendent's
supervision;
*A petition to include diaconal mini-
sters in Para 521.1 and 521.4 as part of
the personnel with whom the superin-
tendent will work. The committee was
unanimous in support of this petition;
•A petition that chaplains may be con-
sidered for less than full-time service;
•A petition that ministers seeking less
than full-time service should make re-
quests three months (instead of six
months) before annual conference;
* A petition that interim appointments
may be made to charges with special
transitional needs or where pastors are
on sabbatical leave;
*A petition that the Jurisdictional
Committee on Episcopacy may refer
complaints as a charge to the Jurisdic-
tional Ck)mmittee on Investigation;
•A petition that bishops fix appoint-
ments of deaconesses and missionaries
and see that their names and appoint-
ments are printed in the conference jour-
nals;
*A petition that bishops provide
general oversight of the fiscal and
program concerns of the annual con-
ference and may include agencies to see
that provisions of the church are fol-
lowed;
•A petition that diaconal ministers
may (instead of shall) be a member of the
local church where he or she resides and
works;
•A petition making changes in In-
voluntary Termination of Ordained Min-
isters;
'Petitions increasing the size of the
board of diaconal ministry up to 12
(rather than nine) elected members and
no fewer than one-third clergy;
•Petition to include the leave of ab-
sence for diaconal ministers from three
to five years;
•Petition for full retirement of
diaconal ministers afler 20 years of ap-
proved service;
•Petition that annual conferences may
grant a three-month study leave to dis-
trict superintendents once during their
six-year term;
•Petition that lay observers shall be on
the Board of Ordained Ministry without
vote; concurrence followed lengthy
debate;
•Petition to give the Board of Ordained
Ministry responsibility to enlist and
recruit ministers who "have an under-
standing of and appreciation for persons
of different racial ethnic heritage;"
•Petition to add a representative of
older adults to the conference episcopacy
committee;
Non-concurred with:.
•Many petitions which would have
given diaconal ministers all rights of or-
dained ministers including ministerial
vote at annual conferences;
•A petition to lower bishops' retire-
ment age formula from 68 to 66 years;
Referred:,
•To the Judicial Council for an im-
mediate ruling a petition about a review
committee's findings on an allegation
against a bishop;
•To the Council of Bishops a request
for an in-depth study of U.S./U.S.S.R.
relations;
•To the General Board of Pensions a
petition to change full retirement from
37 years to 35 years;
•To the Ministry Study Committee a
petition asking a separate category for
diaconal ministers other than lay or or-
dained.
-Dan Gangler and Keith Pohl
Discipleship:
Concurred with petitions for.
•The development of family enrich-
ment resources which would follow the
format of the marriage enrichment semi-
nars;
•A program to strengthen Native
American family life;
•Development of a National School of
Evangelism for Native Americans in
cooperation with the Native American
International Caucus (NAIC) and the
Oklahoma Indian Missionary Con-
ference (OIMC);
•Local church pastors to send the
names of persons applying for the lay
speaker program to the district lay
speaker,
•Changing the Discipline heading for
United Methodist Men to United
Methodist Men's Division.
Nonconcurred with requests to:
•Change the lay speaker program to
certified lay ministries;
•Establish a local church office of
church exhorter;
•Establish the organization of the
local United Methodist church.
Referred to the:
•General Board of Discipleship
(GBOD) a call mandating individual con-
ference support of adult day care
programs;
•GBOD petitions dealing with the
development of resources to strengthen
the training of local church librarians
and the development of church libraries;
•GBOD a resolution (formerly a peti-
tion) for sponsorship of Awareness Con-
vocations for non-Native American pas-
tors assigned to Native American chur-
ches after amending the resolution to en-
sure the cooperation of the NAIC and
OIMC.
•GBOD a resolution calling for a
church-wide study of the general minis-
try of all members of The United
Methodist Church.
Deferred-
•All actions dealing with petitions
about youth ministry until after the Na-
tional Youth Ministry Organization
report was received from the sub-com-
mittee.
-Paul Ruark
Financial Administration
Concurred with:
•A substitute petition to approve a cap
of $410 million for the 1988-92 quadren-
nium with $399,698,000 to be used for
apportioned fimds and the balance of
$10,302,000 to be used for other items es-
tablished by the 1988 General Con-
ference (66 For - 16 Against), defeated
amendments which would have set caps
of $400 million and $405 million;
•A resolution permitting the General
Council on Finance and Administration
(GrCFA) to perform its job in the transfer
of Scarritt Graduate School to the
Women's Division of the Board of Global
Ministries;
•An amendment to allow a 2/3
majority of the executive committee of
the United Methodist Publishing House
to buy, sell or remodel property under a
cost of $500,000 between meetings of the
General Board. Any transaction above
that figure must be ordered by the
General Conference.
•Replacing the word salary with com-
pensation in numerous places in the Dis-
cipline related to pensions in an effort to
clarify. Concern was raised that unless
other legislation is uniform in using this
replacement, confusion would still
result.
•A petition to establish an "unbiased"
conmiittee to study whether the Board of
Global Ministries should be moved from
New York City (concurrence came after
an earlier decision to refer the petition
was reconsidered);
•A petition that the annual conference
council on fmance and administration
shall ensure adequate racial and ethnic
minority representation after amending
it to read "in so far as possible."
146
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
April 30, 1988
Recommended nonconcurrence with:
•A petition asking that the terms
"union/uniting/united" which connote
cooperation, replace "merger/merg-
ing/merged" denoting loss of identity in
legislation related to the joining of chur-
ches. The committee believed such sub-
stitution would lead to confusion in
other legislation;
•Four petitions restricting church
publications to the use of "Father, Son
and Holy Spirit" and the use of tradition-
al masculine pronouns and/or prohibit-
ing the use ofthe New Revised Standard
Version ofthe Bible;
•Several petitions requesting a limit
on annual conference budget increases;
*A petition mandating the Board of
Pensions to invest 10 percent of its
portfolio in the United Methodist
Development Fund (Decision based on
present Fund policy restricting the
amount of investment from any one in-
vestor, 10 percent of the Pensions
portfolio would exceed that amount).
Tabled:
•All petitions related to the Ministerial
Education Fund, including one asking
for a change in the apportionment for-
mula.
-Linda Bloom and Clyde Chestnut
Independent Commissions and
Judicial Administration
Concurred with:
•Guidelines for annual conferences to
select members of the conference com-
mission on religion and race through
new text for para. 739.2;
•Mandating that each district have a
director and committee on religion and
race, para. 748;
•Several changes to strengthen the
work of conference commissions on ar-
chives and history;
•Naming one new United Methodist
historic shrine and three new historical
landmarks;
•Petitions to support continued mem-
bership in the National Council of Chur-
ches of Christ in the USA and the World
Council of Churches;
•Petitions retaining para. 2621.1b,
"practices declared by The United
Methodist church to be incompatible
with Christian teachings," among char-
geable offenses.
Recommended nonconcurrence with:
•Several efforts to establish new com-
missions but urged inclusion of impor-
tant programs and ministries within
present agencies, including UM Com-
petitions Re-referred by the Committee on Reference
Old Petition Number New Petition Number
483-MN-3000-R$ 483-FA-3000-R$
1241-GA-3000-R1 241-FA-3000-R
1659-IJ-3000-R 1659-GA-3000-R
1977-MN-453-D 1977-FA-453-D
2561-IJ-3000-R 2561-CC-3000-R
Petition No. 2662-CC-3000-R$ Enabling Act to Elect Additional Bishop,
Africa Central Conference, replaces Petition No. 2662-CC-636-D.
Strengthened By Prayer Women as Preachers
Leaders and delegates to General Con-
ference are being lifted up in prayer con-
tinually during sessions by thousands of
persons participating in a General Con-
ference prayer vigil. The focus of the
vigil is not on issues, but strength of
spirit for each delegate to be open to
God's guidance during the conference.
The vigil was organized by The Upper
Room's "Walk to Emmaus" movement.
Over 2,500 persons in 70 Emmaus com-
munities are participating.
"I believe in the admission of women
to the General Conference....Twenty
years ago I settled the question that if a
woman can preach as well as I can, she
has as good a right to preach as I have.
If she can preach better, she has a bet-
ter right, and if she can't preach as well
as I can she ought not to preach at all."
Dr. Robert Forbes at General Con-
ference, Methodist Episcopal Church,
1896. Daily Christian Advocate
munications. Board of Church and
Society, Commission on Archives and
History, and the Division of Health and
Welfare of the Board of Global Mini-
stries;
•All petitions to eliminate legislation
related to the Commission on the Status
and Role of Women.
-Bettie Story and Arthur Swarthout
Correction/ Addition
Because of a computer error in the
April 28 DCA (p. 103), the fmal lines of
Carolyn Marshall's biography were left
out. The last portion should read as fol-
lows:
"Her education includes a B.A. in busi-
ness administration from Drake Univer-
sity, Des Moines, Iowa; and earlier
studies at DePauw University, Green-
castle, Ind.
"Within South Indiana, she has headed
the conference personnel committee
since 1980.
"Her family includes her husband,
John, and four children."
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CALENDAR ITEMS
Consent Calendar
Calendar items printed with an ♦
after the calendar number will
automatically be placed on the Consent
Calendar. If any delegate wishes to
remove an item from the Consent
Calendar for plenary consideration,
that delegate shall complete the ap-
proved form in Room 122 by 3 p.m. on
the day the calendar item fu^t appears
in the DCA. Minority reports will be in-
dicated in parentheses.
Rule 27(2).
Consent Calendar No. 2
Rule 27.2
Advance DCA, p. B-18
59. 62,
80,81,82
102, 105,
117, 118,
131, 132,
151, 152,
161, 162,
181, 182,
190, 196,
204, 205,
215,217,
234, 235,
245, 247,
261, 262,
270, 272,
279, 281,
289, 291,
306, 307,
317, 318,
326, 327,
335, 336,
Calander Items
66, 70, 71, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78,
, 85, 86, 92, 94, 96, 97, 98, 101,
106, 110, 112, 114, 115, 116,
119, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130,
133, 137, 141, 147, 148, 149,
153, 154, 155, 156, 159, 160,
163, 165, 173, 174, 178, 179,
183, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189,
197, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203,
208, 209, 211, 212, 213, 214,
218., 225, 229, 230, 232, 233,
236, 237, 238, 239, 242, 243,
252, 254, 256, 258, 259, 260,
263, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269,
273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278,
282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 288,
292, 294, 296, 303, 304, 305,
308, 309, 310, 312, 313, 314,
319, 320, 321, 323, 324, 325,
329, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334,
337,338, 341,342.
Removal from
Consent Calendar
Delegates have requested these
calendar items to be removed from
Consent Calendar No. 1. DCA page
130:
22.
56
LC
Subject: The Mission of the Church
Petitions: 1033-LC- 103-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-29
Membership 94; Present 89
For 87; Against 2; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
Concurrence
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
57 LC
Subject: Chair of Committee on
Nominations and Personnel
Petitions: 45-LC-267-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-40
Membership 94; Present 82
For 45; Against 37; Not Voting
Date: AprU 28, 1988
Concurrence
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
58 LC
Subject: The Mission of the Church
Petitions: 29-LC- 103-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-29
Membership 94; Present 86
For 75; Against 7; Not Voting 4
Date: April 28, 1988
Nonconcurrence
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
61
59'
LC
Subject: Board of Trustees
Petitions: 2068-LC-2525-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 94; Present 80
For 79; Against 0; Not Voting 1
Date: April 28, 1988
Nonconcurrence in favor of 916-LC-
2525-D
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
60
FA32
Subject: Disengagement
Petitions: 1489-FA-3000-R, 1506-FA-
3000-R
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 91; Present 83
For 82; Against 1; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
We recommend nonconcurrence with
these petitions which allow local chur-
ches to withdraw or disengage from The
United Methodist Church if the General
Conference changes the church's posi-
tion on homosexuality.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
FA31
Subject: Prohibit Funding of
Abortion on Demand
Petitions: 1877-FA-906-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 91; Present 83
For 81; Against 2; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
We recommend nonconcurrence with
this petition which prohibits use of
United Methodist funds to promote abor-
tion on demand or as a form of birth
control.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
62*
FA30
Subject: Funding of Noninclusive
Groups
Petitions: 2260-FA-906-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 91; Present 91
For 81; Against 0; Not Voting 2
Date: April 28, 1988
We recommend nonconcurrence with
this petition which provides that funds
not be given to any non-United
Methodist group which is not inclusive
in race or ideology.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
63
FA29
Subject: Enforcement of Par. 906.12
Petitions: 364-FA-3000-R$
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 91; Present 83
For 80; Against 1; Not Voting 2
Date: April 28, 1988
We recommend nonconcurrence with
this petition, which requests an inves-
tigation of the expenditures of the
General Commission on the Status and
Role of Women and provides that, if
violations of Par. 906.12 are discovered,
all monies so used be refunded to the
General Council on Finance and Ad-
ministration and the persons involved
be relieved of their responsibilities.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
64
MN
Subject: Alternate
Recommendations in Response to
Report of the Commission for the
Study of Ministry
Petitions: 1084-MN-3000-R$
148
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
April 30, 1988
Pages in Advance DCA: E-73
Membership 98; Present 92
For 85; Against 2; Not Voting 5
Date: April 28, 1988
The committee votes nonconcurrence
in favor of 1019-MN-3000-R$.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
65
MN
Subject: Recommendations From
the Commission for the Study of
Ministry
Petitions: 1019-MN-3000-R$
Pages in Advance DCA: E-70
Membership 98; Present 92
For 88; Against 4; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
It is recommended that:
1. The Commission for the Study of
Ministry be continued for the 1989-92
ploting tho unfmi s hod part of its 1 98 4
2. The mandate of the commis-
sion will include, but not be
limited by, the 1984 mandate, the
"Needs for Further Study" of the
report of the present commission
(DCA E068) and the "Questions and
Issues" raised by the Council of
Bishops (DCA E71-71) with special
attention to the continuance or dis-
continuance of guaranteed appoint-
ments;
3. Tho 1 98 5 88 mombor s hip of tho
oommicoion bo continuod with addition
al mombor s namod by tho Council of
Bishops to a ss uro racial inclusivono ss
and roprosontation of local pa s tor s, and
to fill any vacancioc that might oocufi
and that tho total number of commi s
s ion mombors not oxcood 35 ;
The 1989-92 commission shall be
composed of not more than 35 per-
sons to be named by the Council of
Bishops in accordance with the
1984 legislation for the Commis-
sion for the Study of Ministry. Two-
thirds of the 1985-88 commission
membership shall be included in
the 1988-92 membership. In the
naming of new and additional mem-
bers, persons shall be named to as-
sure racial inclusiveness and
representation of local pastors.
Vacancies shall be filled by the
Council of Bishops in accordance
with this paragraph;
4. The study report, "The Church and
Its Ministry," as published in the Ad-
vance Edition of the Daily Christian Ad-
vocate be commended to the church for
study and to the commission for use in
its continuing work; and for fiirthor
dovolopmont and revision .
5. The commission continue to con-
sult with the General Board of Higher
Education and Ministry, the General
Board of Global Ministries, the (Jreneral
Commission on Christian Unity and In-
terreligious Concerns, the Council of
Bishops, and other appropriate agencies
of the church; and that the commission
invite the continued and expanded par-
ticipation of the church in its study of
ministry over the next quadrennium;
6. The commission develop proposals
for implementing legislation as needed
in the areas of the 1984 General Con-
ference mandate and related to the con-
tmuing work in the 1989-92
quadrennium; and that the commission
shall report through the Council of
Bishops to the General Conference not
later than six months before the conven-
ing of the General Conference of 1992;
7. The 1989-92 budget of the commis-
sion be adequate to support its work in
light of the foregoing recommendations;
8. In order to expedite the con-
tinuation of the study of ministry
by the 1988-92 Commission for the
Study of Ministry, the Council of
Bishops shall convene the organiza-
tional meeting of the commission
no later than September 30, 1988.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
66*
Its
MN
Subject: The Church ;
Ministry
Petitions: 1017-MN-30(X)-R
Pages in Advance DCA: E-58
Membership 98; Present 91
For 91; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
The committee receives with apprecia-
tion the report.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
67
U18
Subject: Chargeable Offenses
Petitions: 873
Pages in Advance DCA: C-128
Membership 72; Present 62
For 39; Against 20; Not Voting 3
Date: April 28, 1988
Noncurrence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
OO (Number not assigned)
69 C045
Subject: Tenure of Bishops
Petitions: 272-CO-507-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-60
Membership 83; Present 79
For 75; Against 4; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
The committee recommends noncon-
currence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
70'
C044
Subject: Assignment Process
Petitions: 86-CO-507-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-60
Membership 83; Present 79
For 79; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
The committee recommends noncon-
currence.
) Nonconcurrence Date /
71'
72
73
(Number not assigned)
(Number not assigned)
GA
Subject: Recommendation on
Older Adult Ministries
Petitions: 652-GA-3000-R$
Pages m Advance DCA: E-29-31
Membership 82; Present 75
For 75; Against 0; Not Votmg
Date: AprU 27, 1988
The committee recommends concur-
rence. For background, see petition
1194-GA-3000-R, Advance DCA, E-24-
29.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
74*
GA
Subject: Report of the Task Force
on Older Adult Ministries.
Petitions: 1194-GA-3000-R
Pages in Advance DCA: E-24-29
Membership 82; Present 75
For 75; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 27, 1988
Committee recommends concurrence
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
/ O (Number not assigned)
/ D (Number not assigned)
April 30, 1988
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
149
77*
C039
Subject: Instruct Committee on
Correlation and Editorial Revision
to Delete Outdated Material in
Discipline
Petitions: 2420-CO-3000-R
Pages in DCA, April 26, 1988: 30
Membership 83; Present 79
For 79; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
The committee recommends concur-
rence and referral to the Correlations
and Editorial Committee.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
78* FMl
Subject: UM Official Statement of
Theological Teachings
Petitions: 1029-FM-3000-R
Pages in Advance DCA: Unpublished in
DCA; see below for text
Membership 90; Present 83
For 83; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 27, 1988
The committee recommends noncon-
CTirrence since this requires a constitu-
tional change.
"We, as members of First UMC, Atlan-
ta, Texas, in Church Conference session
on November 22, 1987, do hereby peti-
tion the 1988 General Conference of
The United Methodist Church to in-
clude the following language in the
United Methodist Official Statement of
Theological Teachings being submitted
by the Committee on Our Theological
Task, such statement to replace the cur-
rent Doctrine and Doctrinal Statements
I and the General Rules:
"We believe in the integrity and
authority of the Bible as the inspired
Word of God.
"We believe in the Virgin Birth, in the
Crucifixion, Burial and Resurrection of
Jesus Christ; that God is the Father,
Jesus Christ is the Son, and the Church
is the Bride.
"We believe in the universality of sin,
justification by faith through the grace
of God and His Son Jesus Christ, the
new birth, the witness of the Holy
Spirit, and sanctification.
"We believe in the miracles of Jesus
Christ.
"We believe in the reality of eternal
life, of heaven, and of hell.
"We believe these tenets strike at the
root of Christianity.
"We applaud the Committee on Our
Theological Task for removing the
doctrine of 'theological pluralism' from
their recommendation since this
doctrine has misled many Methodists in
its implication that one can have any
view of Scripture he pleases and still be
called a Christian.
"We further applaud the frequent use
of Wesleyan theological references in
the proposed new statement."
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
79
FM2
Subject: Emphasize Bible and
Values
Petitions: 1524-FM-3000-R
Pages in Advance DCA: Unpublished in
DCA; see below for text
Membership 90; Present 83
For 69; Against 10; Not Voting 4
Date: April 27, 1988
The committee recommends noncon-
currence.
"Response to Concern for Declining
Membership; Change in Emphasis:
"Whereas, it has become obvious that
tradition-based churches are showing
strong growth because they fulfill the
spiritual needs of their memberships,
and;
"Whereas, churches that espouse tran-
sient, modem, and political-activist
theology are declining;
"Therefore, be it resolved, that the
General Conference of the UMC em-
phasize traditional, Bible-based values in
its Christian social concerns, worship,
teaching, evangelism, and mission in
order to fulfill the spiritual needs of the
people."
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
80*
FM3
Subject: Junaluska Affirmation of
Scriptural Christianity
Petitions: 306-FM-3000-R
Pages in Advance DCA: Unpublished in
DCA; see text below
Membership 90; Present 83
For 83; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 27, 1988
The committee recommends noncon-
currence since this requires a constitu-
tional change.
"THE JUNALUSKA AFFIRMATION
of Scriptural Christianity for United
Methodists
"Preamble:
"In a time of theological pluralism.
Good News and other evangelicals
within United Methodism have thought
it necessary to reaffirm the historic faith
of the church. Our theological under-
standing of this faith has been expressed
in the Apostles' Creed, Nicene Creed,
and in John Wesley's standard Sermons
and the Exploratory Notes Upon the
New Testament. We affirm in their en-
tirety the validity and integrity of these
expressions of scriptural truth and recog-
nize them as the doctrinal standards of
our denomination.
"We also recognize that our situation
calls for a contemporary restatement of
these truths. The merging of two great
traditions, the Evangelical United
Brethren and the Methodist, with their
two authentic witnesses to the historic
faith. The Confession of Faith and The
Articles of Religion, gives further oc-
casion for such a statement. Moreover,
we recognize the mandate which the
doctrinal statement of the 1972 General
Conference has placed upon all its mem-
bers to accept the challenge of respon-
sible theological reflection.
"Consequently, we offer to The United
Methodist Church this theological affir-
mation of scriptural Christianity.
■THE HOLY TRJNITY
"Scriptural Christianity affirms the ex-
istence of the one Eternal God who has
revealed Himself as Father, Son, and
Holy Spirit, three equal but distinct Per-
sons, mysteriously united in the God-
head which the church historically has
described as the Holy Trinity.
"GOD THE FATHER
"Scriptural Christianity affirms that
the first person of the Holy Trinity, God
the Father, is the Eternal One and
reigns supremely. He has provided a
covenant through which His creatures
can be redeemed and through which His
creations will be liberated from all evil
and brought to final righteousness at
the end of the age.
"GOD THE SON
"Scriptural Christianity affirms that
the second Person of the Holy Trinity,
the Eternal Son, became incarnate as
Mary's virgin-bom Child, Jesus of
Nazareth, the Christ. In His imique Per-
son, He revealed to us both the fullness
of deity and the fullness of humanity. By
His life, suffering, death, resurrection,
and ascension. He provided the only way
of salvation. His sacrifice on the cross
once and for all was to reconcile the
Holy God and sinners, thus providing
the only way of access to the Father.
Now He intercedes as High Priest before
the Father, awaiting the day when He
will retum to judge every person, living
and dead, and to consummate His
Kingdom.
150
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
April 30, 1988
"GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT
"Scriptural Christianity aflirms that
the third Person of the Holy Trinity, the
Holy Spirit, was active from the begin-
ning in creation, revelation, and redemp-
tion. It was through His anointing that
prophets received the Word of God,
priests became intermediaries between
God and His people, and kings were
given ruling authority. The Spirit's
presence and power, measured in the
Old Testament, were found without
measure in Jesus of Nazareth, the
Anointed. The Spirit convicts and woos
the lost, gives new birth to the penitent,
and abides in the believer, perfecting
holiness and empowering the church to
carry out Christ's mission in the world.
He came to indwell His church at Pen-
tecost, enabling believers to yield fruit
and endowing them with spiritual gifts
according to His will. He bears witness
to Christ and guides God's people into
His truth. He inspired the Holy Scrip-
tures, God's written Word, and con-
tinues to illuminate His people
concerning His will and truth. His
guidance is always in harmony with
Christ and the truth as given in the
Holy Scriptures.
"HUMANITY
"Scriptural Christianity afTirms that
man and woman are fashioned in the
image of God and are difTerent from all
of God's other creatures. God intends
that we should glorify Him and enjoy
Him forever. Since the Fall of Adam the
corruption of sin has pervaded every per-
son and extended into social relation-
ships, societal systems, and all creation.
This corruption is so pervasive that we
are not capable of positive response to
God's offer of redemption, except by the
prevenient, or preparing grace of God.
Only through the justifying, regenerat-
ing, and sanctifying work of the Triune
God can we be saved from the corrup-
tion of sin, become increasingly con-
formed to the image of Christ, and be
restored to the relationship which God
has intended for us.
"THE HOLY SCRIPTURES
"Scriptural Christianity affirms as the
only written Word of God the Old and
New Testaments. These Holy Scriptures
contain all that is necessary for our
knowledge of God's holy and sovereign
will, of Jesus Christ the only Redeemer,
of our salvation, and of our growth in
grace. They are to be received through
the Holy Spirit as the guide and final
authority for the faith and conduct of in-
dividuals and the doctrines and the life
of the church. Whatever is not clearly
revealed in, or plainly establbhed as
truth by, the Holy Scriptures cannot be
required as an article of faith nor be
taught as essential to salvation. Anyth-
ing contrary to the teachings of the Holy
Scriptures is contrary to the purposes of
God and must, therefore, be opposed.
The authority of Scripture derives from
the fact that God, through His Spirit, in-
spired the authors, causing them to per-
ceive God's truth and record it with
accuracy. It is evident that the Holy
Scriptures have been preserved during
the long process of transmission
through copyists and translators, and we
attribute such accurate preservation to
the work of the Holy Spirit. These Scrip-
tures are supremely authoritative for the
church's teaching, preaching, witness,
identifying error, correcting the erring,
and training believers for ministry in
and through the church.
"SALVATION
"Scriptural Christianity affirms that
God offers salvation to a sinful
humanity and a lost world through
Jesus Christ. By His death on the cross
the sinless Son propitiated the holy
wrath of the Father, a righteous anger
occasioned by sin. By His resurrection
from the dead, the glorified Son raises
us to newness of life. When we ap-
propriate by faith God's atoning work in
Jesus Christ, we are forgiven, justified,
regenerated by His Holy Spirit, and
adopted into the family of God. By His
grace He sanctifies His children, purify-
ing their hearts by faith, renewing them
in the image of God, and enabling them
to love God and neighbor with whole
heart. The fullness of God's great salva-
tion will come with the return of Christ.
This cosmic event will signal the resur-
rection of the saved to eternal life and
the lost to eternal damnation, the libera-
tion of creation from the Adamic curse,
God's final victory over every power and
dominion, and the establishment of the
new heaven and the new earth.
"THE CHURCH
"Scriptural Christianity affirms that
the church of Jesus Christ is the com-
munity of all true believers under His
sovereign Lordship. This church, the
Body of Christ, is one because it shares
one Lord, one faith, one baptism. It is
holy because it belongs to God and is set
apart for His purposes in the world. It is
apostolic because it partakes of the
authority granted to the apostles by
Christ Himself. It is universal because it
includes all believers, both living and
dead, in every nation, regardless of
denominational affiliation. Its authen-
ticity is to be found wherever the pure
Word of God is preached and taught;
wherever the Sacraments of Baptism
and Holy Communion are celebrated in
obedience to Christ's conamand;
wherever the gifts of the Holy Spirit up-
build the body and bring spiritual
growth; wherever the Spirit of God
creates a loving, caring fellowship, and a
faithfulness in witness and service to the
world; and wherever discipline is ad-
ministered with love under the guidance
of the Word of God. The church, as the
Bride of Christ, will ultimately be joined
with her Lord in triumphant glory.
"ETHICS
"Scriptural Christianity affirms that
we are God's workmanship, created in
Christ Jesus for good works. These
works are the loving expression of
gratitude by the believer for the new life
received in Christ. They do not earn
one's salvation, nor are they a substitute
for God's work of redemption. Rather,
they are the result of regeneration and
are manifest in the believer as evidence
of a living faith.
"God has called us to do justice, to
love kindness, and to walk humbly with
Him. In the Scriptures are found the
standards and principles that guide the
believer in this walk. These ethical im-
peratives, willingly accepted by the
believer, enable us to be a part of God's
purposes in the world. Moreover, in this
we are called to an obedience that does
not stop short of our willingness to suf-
fer for righteousness' sake even unto
death.
"Our life m Christ includes an unstint-
ing devotion to deeds of kindness and
mercy and a wholehearted participation
in collective efforts to alleviate need and
suffering. The believer will work for
honesty, justice, and equity in human af-
fairs; all of which witness to inherent
rights and a basic dignity common to all
persons created in the image of God.
Such contemporary issues as racism,
housing, welfare, education, Marxism,
capitalism, hunger, crime, sexism, family
relationships, aging, sexuality, drugs and
alcohol, abortion, leisure, pornography,
and related issues caU for prayerful con-
sideration, thoughtful analysis, and ap-
propriate action from Christians and
must always be a matter of concern to
the church. Thus, we remember that
faith without works is dead."
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconeurrence Date /
April 30, 1988
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
151
81* FM4
Subject: Discontinue use of term
"Act of God"
Petitions: 1694-FM-3000-R
Pages in Advance DCA: Unpublished in
Advance DCA
Membership 90; Present 83
For 83; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 27, 1988
The committee recommends noncon-
currence.
"I urge that you adopt a resolution
recommending the discontinuance of
the term "Act of God" when referring to
fires, accidents, earthquakes, floods, vol-
canic eruptions, and other disastrous
events."
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
82* FM5
Subject: Retain Article I
Petitions: 2639-FM-68-0
Pages in Advance DCA: Unpublished in
Advance DCA; see below for text
Membership 90; Present 83
For 83; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 27, 1988
The committee recommends noncon-
currence since this requires constitution-
al consideration.
'The Honey Brook United Methodist
Church, of the Eastern Pennsylvania
Conference, of the The United
Methodist Church meeting on February
15, 1988, discussed the idea of replacing
the words of "Father, Son, and Holy
Spirit," which are found in the Articles
of Religion of 1784. All 18 members
present and voting wished to have their
mind heard. We wish Article I. of the Ar-
ticles of Religion as found in the 1984
Discipline, Par. 68, Article I. -Of Faith
in the Holy Trinity shall remain as
stated:
"There is but one living and true God,
everlasting, without body or parts, of in-
finite power, wisdom, and goodness; the
maker and preserver of all things, both
visible and invisible. And in imity of this
Godhead there are three persons, of one
substance, power, and etemity-the
Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost."
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
83 FA16
Subject: Delete Par. 906.12
Petitions: 138-FA-906-D, 139-FA-906-D,
512-FA-906-D, 807-FA-906-D, 940-FA-
906-D, 1373-FA-906-D, 1408-FA-3000-R,
1483-FA-906-D, 1531-FA-906-D, 1875-
FA-906-D, 1876-FA-906-D, 2036-FA-906-
D, 2038-FA-906-D, 2185-FA-906-D, 2531-
FA-3000-R
Pages in Advance DCA: C-89
Membership 91; Present 84
For 70; Against 14; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
We recommend nonconcurrence with
these petitions in favor of Petition 137-
FA-906-D.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
84 HEl
Subject: African Initiative
Petitions: 1082-HE-3000-R$
Pages in Advance DCA: F-58
Membership 83; Present 70
For 66; Against 1; Not Voting 3
Date: AprU 27, 1988
Beginning on page F-58 and continu-
ing onto F-60 remains as printed. Delete
No. 7 on F-60 and replace it with the fol-
lowing resolution:
"Whereas, the African central con-
ferences of The United Methodist
Church have asked the General Board of
Higher Education and Ministry to assist
them in developing a significant post-
secondary institution of learning for the
churches of Africa; and
"Whereas, the central conferences of
Africa have taken the initiative in plan-
ning and urging the church's attention
to this mission, now called "the Africa In-
itiative"; and
"Whereas, a series of planning meet-
ings has been held and determined the
missional importance of this enterprise
and has recommended as the ap-
propriate site Old Mutare in Zimbabwe;
and
"Whereas, the colleges and univer-
sities of The United Methodist Church
have given their enthusiastic support
and technical assistance to the initiative,
including the establishment of a Univer-
sity Advisory Committee; and
"Whereas, The United Methodist
Church and its predecessor denomina-
tions have no established college or
university in Africa after more than 150
years of presence there; and
"Whereas, Africa will contain 20% of
the world's population by the year 2000
and presently has the fastest growing
Christian movement in the world; and
"Whereas, it is the expectation of the
General Board of Higher Education and
Ministry that the institution being in-
itiated by this fund will become one of
the great schools of higher learning in
the world, to provide lay and clergy
leadership for the Christian churches of
Africa in the most critical period in that
continent's history in faithfulness to
Jesus Christ;
"Therefore, be it resolved, that the
1988 General Conference establish an
apportioned fund called "The Africa
Higher Education Initiative Fund" to be
raised by the churches during the quad-
rennium 1989-1992, said fund to be in
the amount of $5 million per year.
"Furthermore, the General Board of
Higher Education and Ministry, in
cooperation with the General Board of
Global Ministries, will seek to identify
personnel resources for the initiative.
"Furthermore, the General Board of
Higher Education and Ministry will es-
tablish a philanthropic fund-raising unit
to provide substantial additional support
to the initiative to respond to the recog-
nized need for higher education in
Africa.
"Furthermore, the GBHEM is
authorized to form the Africa University
Corporation which shall continue all ad-
vance planning and organization for the
proposed university with the under-
standing that the initial plan of finance,
as well as documentation assuring
availability of university services to stu-
dents from other countries, shall be ap-
proved by the GCFA after receiving the
advice and recommendations of the
GCOM. The two councils are asked to
review these matters by January 1, 1989.
"It is understood that, in order to en-
sure long-range stability in the univer-
sity, one-half of the funds raised in The
Africa Higher Education Initiative Fund
will become a permanent endowment to
be supplemented by other philanthropic
giving and under the management of the
General Board of Higher Education and
Ministry."
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
85^
GMll
Subject: Responsibilities of
National Division
Petitions: 2192-GM-1414-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-106
Membership 119; Present 106
For 106; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 27, 1988
The committee voted concurrence
with the petition as printed.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
86* GMIO
Subject: Responsibilities of
National Division
152
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
April 30, 1988
Petitions: 589-GM-1414-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-106
Membership 119; Present 106
For 106; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 27, 1988
The committee voted concurrence
with the following amendment added to
#13, line 7.
To rolatod to W ork with the Parish
and Commimity Development Commit-
tee or its equivalent committoo of in an
annual conference by providing resour-
ces to their suboommittoo s on the initia-
tion and development of programs with
agencies related to the National
Division, church and community minis-
try, congregational development, mini-
stries in town and coxmtry and urban
areas, and other missionally oriented
ministries.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
90
87
GM8
Subject: Church and Community
Workers
Petitions: 354-GM-3000-R$
Pages m Advance DCA: D-216
Membership 119; Present 107
For 106; Against 1; Not Voting
Date: April 27, 1988
The committee voted nonconcurrence
with the resolution. Rationale: Covered
in previous action.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
88
GM3
Subject: Office of Deaconess
Petitions: 591-GM-1418-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-107
Membership 119; Present 109
For 108; Agamst 1; Not Votmg
Date: April 27, 1988
Concurrence with the petition as
printed was voted by the committee.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
89 GM12
Subject: Responsibilities of
National Division
Petitions: 2643-GM-1414-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-106
Membership 119; Present 107
For 107; Agamst 1; Not Voting
Date: April 27, 1988
The committee voted nonconcur-
rence. Rationale: Covered in previous ac-
tion.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
GM13
Subject: Responsibilities of
National Division
Petitions: 2050-GM-1414-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-106
Membership 119; Present 107
For 106; Against 1; Not Voting
Date: April 27, 1988
The committee voted nonconcur-
rence. Rationale: Covered in previous ac-
tion.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
91 GM14
Subject: Authority and
Organization of National Divison
Petitions: 590-GM-1415-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-107
Membership 119 Present 107
For 106; Against 1; Not Voting
Date: April 27, 1988
The committee voted concurrence
with the petition as printed.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
92'
C035
Subject: Composition of Annual
Conferences
Petitions: 2248-CO-701-D
Pages in DCA: 29
Membership 83 Present 67
For 67; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
The committee recommends noncon-
currence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
93
C036
Subject: Petitions to General
Conference
Petitions: 1 134-CO-608-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-65
Membership 83 Present 72
For 69; Against 2; Not Voting 1
Date: April 28, 1988
The committee recommends concur-
rence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
Subject: Responsibilities of C.FA.
Petitions: 402-FA-709D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-72
Membership 91 Present 78
For 78; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
We recommend concurrence with this
petition as printed on page C-72 of the
Advance DCA.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
95 FA55
Subject: Membership on CFA
Petitions: 401-FA-708-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-72
Membership 91; Present 78
For 70; Against 5; Not Voting 3
Date: April 28, 1988
We reconmiend concurrence with this
petition as printed on page C-72 in the
Advance DCA.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
96*
FA56
Subject: Ex-officio members of
CCFA
Petitions: 1110-FA-708-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-72
Membership 91; Present 78
For 78; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
We recommend concurrence with this
petition as printed on page C-72 in the
Advance DCA.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
97^
GMl
Subject: Jurisdictional Assoc, of
Deaconesses/Home Mission
Petitions: 578-GM-631-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-66
Membership 119; Present 106
For 106; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 27, 1988
Concurrence with the petition as
printed was voted.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
98^
GM5
Subject: Committee on Deaconess
Petitions: 592-GM-1419-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-108
Membership 119; Present 107
For 107; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 27, 1988
Concurrence was voted by the commit-
tee with the petition. |
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date / i
99 GM6
Subject: Responsibilities of the
Committee on Deaconess and
Home Missionary Service
April 30, 1988
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
153
Petitions: 593-GM-1420-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-109
Membership 119; Present 108
For 104; Against 3; Not Voting 1
Date: April 27, 1988
Concurrence was voted by the commit-
tee, with the petitions as printed in the
DCA.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
100
GM4
Subject: Retain Office of Deaconess
Petitions: 1647-GM-1418-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-107
Membership 119; Present 109
For 108; Against 1; Not Voting
Date: April 27, 1988
Concurrence with the petition was
voted by the committee.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
101
FA45
Subject: Administrative
Responsibilities of GCFA (907.2)
Petitions: 1 145-FA-907-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-90
Membership 91; Present 79
For 79; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 28, 1988
We recommend concurrence with this
petition as printed on p. C-90 in the Ad-
vance DCA.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
We recommend nonconcurrence with
this petition as printed on p. C-89 in the
Advance DCA.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
104 FA49
Subject: Board of Trustees
Petitions: 1259-FA-2512-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 91; Present 84
For 81; Against 3; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
We recommend concurrence with this
petition removing the phrase in the of
foctivo relation from Par. 2512.1 which
names the membership of the con-
ference board of trustees.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
105'
FA48
Subject: Plans for New Church
Construction
Petitions: 282-FA-3000-M
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 91; Present 84
For 84; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
We recommend nonconcurrence with
this petition requiring The United
Methodist Church develop room-size sug-
gestions and make these ideas available
to local churches.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
102'
FA46
Subject: Administrative
Responsibilities of GCFA
Petitions: 1 146-FA-907-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-90
Membership 91; Present 79
For 79; Against 0; Not Votmg
Date: April 28, 1988
We recommend concurrence with this
petition as printed on p. C-90 in the Ad-
vance DCA.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date / ( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
106'^ FA51
Subject: Title Change - Board of
Trustees (Par. 2512)
Petitions: 1163-FA-2512-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-122
Membership 91; Present 84
For 84; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
We recommend concurrence with this
petition as printed on page C-122 in Ad-
vance DCA.
We recommend nonconcurrence with
these petitions in favor of petition 1259-
FA-2512-D.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
108
FA53
Subject: Audit
Petitions: 1135-FA-713-D, 2011-FA-713-
D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-72
Membership 91; Present 78
For 76; Against 2; Not Votmg
Date: April 28, 1988
We recommend concurrence with
these petitions as printed on page C-72
in the Advance DCA.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
109
FA52
Subject: Changing Title from
Conference Treasurer to Director
of Administrative Services
Petitions: 1069-FA-708-D, 1070-FA-709-
D, 1071-FA-715-D, 1072-FA-716-D, 1136-
FA-715-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 91; Present 79
For 72; Against 6; Not Voting 1
Date: April 28, 1988
We recommend nonconcurrence with
these petitions asking to change the title
of Conference Treasurer to Director of
Admin istration/Treasiirer.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
110'
FA27
Subject: Help for Pastors*
Widows/Widowers
Petitions: 2423-FA-3000-R
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 91 Present 76
For 76; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
We recommend nonconcurrence with
this petition that asks for financial help
in the area of housing for surviving
spouses.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
103
FA47
Subject: Joint Committee on
Stewardship (Par. 907-6)
Petitions: 1039-FA-907-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-89
Membership 91; Present 84
For 42; Agamst 32; Not Voting 10
Date: April 28, 1988
107 FA50
Subject: Board of Trustees
Petitions: 2061-FA-2512-D, 2062-FA-
2512-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 91; Present 84
For 81; Agamst 3; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
111 FA28
Subject: Pins for Retired Ministers
Petitions: 1542-FA-3000-R$
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 91 Present 76
For 76; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
154
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
April 30, 1988
We recommend nonconcurrence with
this petition which asks for a pin to be
given to retirees in recognition of their
years of service.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
112^
FA33
Subject: World Service Fund (Par.
912)
Petitions: 267-FA-912-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 91 Present 79
For 79; Against 0; Not Votmg
Date: AprU 28, 1988
We recommend nonconcurrence with
this petition asking that the description
of the World Service fund be changed
from tho fir s t bonovolont rospon s ibility
e( to the first benevolence con-
sidered by the churchy
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
113
FA34
Subject: Revision of Benevolence
Statement
Petitions: 141-FA-912-D (Par. 912.1)
Pages in Advance DCA: C-91
Membership 91 Present 79
For 74; Against 5; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
We recommend nonconcurrence with
this petition as printed on p. C-91 of the
Advance DCA.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
114* FA35
Subject: World Service Fund (new
Par. for Par. 912.4)
Petitions: 2040-FA-912-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 91 Present 79
For 79; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
We recommend nonconcurrence with
this petition that requests apportioned
funds for the World Service Fund which
are divided among two or more General
Church agencies be itemized separately.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
115* FA36
Subject: Apportionments
Petitions: 2261-FA-912-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 91; Present 79
For 79; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
We recommend nonconcurrence of
this petition recommending the naming
of apportionments, advtmce specials,
and World Service special gifls as
primary channels for local church
benevolences.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
King James Version of the Holy Bible is
the inerrant Word of Grod, Jesus Christ
and the Holy Ghost".
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
116^
GM15
Subject: Optional Executive
Committee
Petitions: 1795-GM-1416-D
Pages in Advance DCA: Unpublished in
DCA; see p. 507 in Discipline
Membership 119; Present 109
For 109; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 27, 1988
Concurrence
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
117* FM6
Subject: Declare Authorized King
James Version of the Holy Bible as
the inerrant Word
Petitions: 1814-FM-3000-R
Pages in Advance DCA: Unpublished in
DCA; see text below
Membership 90; Present 83
For 83; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 27, 1988
The committee recommends noncon-
currence.
"Whereas, God, the Father, Jesus, the
Son, Holy Ghost, the Comforter have
never made an error, mistake or blunder
at any time and never will (St. Matthew
5:48).
"Whereas, the Bible is the Holy Word
of God which the Holy Ghost guided
men of God to write in English (John
14:26, 2 Tim. 16-17).
"Whereas the Authorized King James
Version glorified God in making
America the greatest God-fearing nation
on earth.
"Whereas the Providence of Almighty
God selected this English Version as the
guiding Light of the American people.
"Whereas, as of 1948, there was practi-
cally no other English Version in use in
America. Whereas, the Bible itself states
that no man should change the words
(Revelation 22:18-19).
"Whereas, the Bible also states that
Jesus Christ is the Word (St. John 1:1-
17).
"Whereas, we, the General Conference
of the United Methodist Church humbly
beg that God have mercy upon each of
us and that the United Methodist
Church declare that the Authorized
118^
FM7
Subject: Changing words in
Discipline.
Petitions: 1749-FM-3000-R
Pages in Advance DCA: Unpublished in
DCA; see text below
Membership 90; Present 83
For 83; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 27, 1988
The committee recommends noncon-
currence.
"My petition is in reference to the
thought of changing certain wordings in
the Discipline. My hope is that we keep ,
the wording in retrospect of the past or
we will lose much truth in the future. If
we keep changing words or beliefs then
why should many of us believe its Grod's
word. It will end up being man's world."
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
119'
FM8
Subject: Articles of Religion
Petitions: 1907-FM-OO-D
Pages in Advance DCA: Unpublished in
DCA; see text below
Membership 90; Present 83
For 83; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 27, 1988
The committee recommends noncon-
currence since this requires constitution-
al change.
"By inserting the following new
paragraph in Part 11 of the Discipline,
preceding the present Par. 67:
"Article l.-(K)D
"The creator of all things visible and
invisible, having infinite power, wisdom,
goodness, and love, God reveals himself
as the three persons of the Trinity-
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, each dis-
tinct but inseparable from the other.
"Article 2.-JESUS CHRIST
"Jesus Christ is truly God and truly
man in whom the divine and human na-
tures are perfectly and inseparably
united. He is the eternal Word made
flesh, the only begotten Son of the
Father, conceived by the Holy Spirit and
bom of the Virgin Mary. He lived,
taught, suffered, was crucified, buried,
and rose from the dead in his body to be
with God the Father in heaven. He is
the eternal Savior and mediator who in-
tercedes for us imtil his return at the
last day to judge all people.
April 30, 1988
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
155
"Article 3.--THE HOLY SPIRIT
"The Holy Spirit comes from the
Father and the Son, and is one sub-
stance, m^esty, glory, and being with
them. He convinces the world of sin, of
righteousness, and of judgment. He com-
forts, sustains, and empowers the faith-
ful. His gifts to the church are varied,
for the edification of believers for the
work of ministry.
"Article 4. -THE BIBLE
"The Holy Bible contains all things
necessary to salvation. It is to be
received through the Holy Spirit as the
true rule and guide for faith and prac-
tice. Whatever is not contained therein,
nor proved thereby, is not required of
any person as an article of faith, nor as
necessaiy to salvation.
"Article 5. -SIN
"Sin is the corruption of the nature of
every person by which we have turned
away from original righteousness and
are inclined to evil. Unless a person is
bom again, through the grace of our
Lord Jesus Christ, that person remains
in sin and cannot see the kingdom of
God.
"Article 6.- JUSTIFICATION
"Penitent sinners are justified or reck-
oned as righteous before God through
faith in J.esus Christ alone, and not
through works or goodness. By trusting
Christ, being justified thereby, and
receiving the Holy Spirit, we receive
rebirth, renewal in righteousness, and
reconciliation to God. Justification does
not deliver us from infirmities and mis-
takes nor from the possibility of further
sin. After receiving the Holy Spirit we
may depart from grace and fall into sin,
and, by the grace of God, rise again and
amend our lives.
"Article 7.-SANCTIFICATION
"Sanctification follows justification
and leads those who have been born
again, through cleansing from sin in
their thoughts, words, and acts, and as-
surance of their salvation into a life in
accordance with God's will. Sanctifica-
tion leads the believer toward righteous-
ness, holiness, and Christian perfection.
"Article 8.-AT0NEMENT
"The offering of Christ on the cross is
that perfect redemption and satisfaction
for all sins of the whole world, and no
other or further satisfaction or atone-
ment for sin is required. Through this
act God was in Christ reconciling the
world to himself.
"Article 9. -FREE WILL
"AU persons are inclined to evil and
cannot come to God by their own
natural will, strength, works, or
righteousness. However, having received
the grace of God in Christ and the
power of the Holy Spirit, we are respon-
sible in freedom to exercise will for good
works pleasing to God.
"Article lO.-GOOD WORKS
"Good works are those actions pleas-
ing and acceptable to God which spring
from a true and living faith. Although
good works cannot save us or atone for
our sins, yet they are pleasing and ac-
ceptable to God, for through and by
them faith is made evident.
"Article ll.-THE CHURCH
"The church is the community of all
true believers in Jesus Christ as Lord
and Savior. It is the redemptive fellow-
ship in which the Word of God is faith-
fully preached by those divinely called,
the sacraments are duly administered ac-
cording to Christ's own appointment,
and, under the discipline of the Holy
Spirit, church order is maintained for
worship, the edification of believers, and
the redemption of the world.
"Article 12.-THE SACRAMENT
"The sacraments are outward and
visible signs of an inward and spiritual
grace which comes not from the world
but from God. Two sacraments are or-
dained by Christ our Lord-baptism and
the Lord's Supper.
"Baptism signifies repentance, forgive-
ness of sin, the new birth, and entry into
Christian discipleship through the
church. The baptism of young children
is to be retained so that they be nur-
tured and led to personal acceptance of
Christ and by profession of faith con-
firm their baptism.
"The Lord's Supper is a memorial and
remembrance of the suffering and death
of Christ and a token of love within the
church as the body of Christ. Those who
in faith eat the broken bread and drink
the blessed cup partake of the body and
blood of Christ in a spiritual manner
until he comes.
"Article 13.-PUBUC WORSHIP
"Worship of God in the company of
believers is the duty and privilege of
believers who bow in adoration, dedica-
tion, and submission. Worship is essen-
tial to the life of the church and the
assembling of the congregation together
is necessary to Christian fellowship and
growth. The order of public worship
need not be the same in all places, but
shall be in a language and form under-
stood by the people, consistent with the
Holy Scriptures.
"Sunday is that day set aside for
private and public worship, for rest from
unnecessary work, and for spiritual im-
provement, fellowship, and service. It
commemorates the resurrection of
Christ and is to be preserved by the civil
community as a day of rest for the
general welfare, when worship and min-
istry may be unhindered to all.
"Article 14.-CIVIL GOVERNMENT
"As Christians we recognize the
protection under which we reside.
Governments derive their powers from
the sovereign God, and should therefore
be responsible to God for the protection
of religious, civil and human rights.
Christians have a duty to give moral
strength and purpose to their respective
governments through godly, righteous,
and sober living.
"Article 15. -THE JUDGMENT
"All men stand under the righteous
judgment of God both now and in the
last day.
"Article 16.-PR0PERTY
"God is the owner of all things.
Property is given to the church and to
Christians as a divine stewardship for
the manifestation of Christian love and
to promote the cause of Christ in the
world. All forms of property are to be
held in solemn trust and used responsib-
ly for human good and the propagation
of the Gospel under the rule of God."
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
120
FA15
Subject: Retain Par. 906.12
Petitions: 137-FA-906-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-89
Membership 91; Present 84
For 69; Against 15; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
We recommend concurrence with this
Petition as printed on p. C-89 of the Ad-
vance DCA.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
120
FA 15 (Minority Report)
Subject: Paragraph 906.12
Petitions: 137-FA-906-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-89
Membership 91; Present
For ; Against ; Not Voting
Date: AprU 28, 1988
We recommend conciurence with this
petition as printed on page C-89 of the
Advance DCA with the addition of the
following sentence:
Because we are a church of in-
formed faith, and because we hold
a diversity of opinions, this
paragraph is not to be interpreted
in a way that would curtail discus-
156
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
April 30, 1988
sion or education about
homosexuality within the church,
its boards, agencies, committees,
commissions, or councils.
Signed by thirteen (13) members of
the committee.
{ ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
after division. Further amended by addi-
tion of: This legislation shall take ef-
fect upon a4Joumment of the 1988
General Conference.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
Pages in Advance DCA: C-78
Membership 83; Present 74
For 74; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: 4/28/88
Committee recommends concurrence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
121 con
Subject: Election of
Secretary-Designate
Petitions: 1580-CO-604-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 83; Present 76
For 71; Against 5; Not voting
Date: April 27, 1988
This committee recommends noncon-
currence.
125 C09
Subject: Election of
Secretary-Designate to General
Conference
Petitions: 2161-CO-604-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 83; Present 77
For 68; Against 9; Not Voting
Date: April 27, 1988
The committee recommends noncon-
currence.
130*
LC
122
C06
Subject: Bishops to be assigned to
one conference only
Petitions: 1535-CO-505-D$
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 83; Present 73
For 73; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 27, 1988
The committee recommends noncon-
currence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
123
COlO
Subject: Election of
Secretary-Designate
Petitions: 1995-CO-604-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 83; Present 72
For 67; Against 5; Not Voting
Date: April 27, 1988
The committee recommends noncon-
currence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
124 coi
Subject: Bishops in Jurisdictions
Petitions: 84-CO-505-D$
Pages in Advance DCA: C-60
Membership 83; Present 73
For 54; Against 16; Not Voting 3
Date: April 27, 1988
The committee recommends concur-
rence as it is now printed in the Ad-
vance DCA, amended by deletion of
phrase:
i and pro'ridod further to end of sen-
tence. Replace semicolon with period
126*
LC
Subject: Board of Trustees-Powers
and Limitations
Petitions: 1178-LC-2532-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-123
Membership 94; Present 83
For 83; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 27, 1988
Concurrence
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
127* HES
Subject: Joint Committee on
Stewardship
Petitions: 1051-HE-1505-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-111
Membership 83; Present 76
For 76; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 27, 1988
Recommends concurrence
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
128* HE23
Subject: Purpose of GBHEM
Petitions: 831-HE-1504-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-110
Membership 83; Present 74
For 74; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
Recommends concurrence
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
129'
HE26
Subject: Conference BHECM
Petitions: 791-HE-731-D
Subject: Local Church Board of
Trustees
Petitions: 156-LC-2531-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-123
Membership 94; Present 83
For 83; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: 4/27/88
Committee recommends concurrence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date / ^ ^ Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date / 1 Q 1
GM9
Subject: Purpose of National
Division
Petitions: 588-GM-1413-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-106
Membership 119; Present 107
For 107; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: 4/27/88
The committee voted concurrence
with the petition as printed.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
132'
GM7
Subject: Church and Community
Workers
Petitions: 2475-GM-3000-R
Pages in Advance DCA: Resolution; see
text below
Membership 119; Present 107
For 107; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: 4/27/88
The committee voted concurrence.
"RESOLUTION
•TO: MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL
CONFERENCE, The United Methodist
Church, St. Louis, Missouri
"SUBJECT: Increased Use of Church
and Community Workers
"RATIONALE:
"Whereas, during the past quadren-
nium the National Division of the
General Board of Global Ministries has
shown commendable progress in finan-
cially supporting and in deploying addi-
tional church and community workers
to serve as national missionaries of the
church; and
"Whereas, for many years Church and
Community Ministry has proven itself to
be an effective response of national mis-
April 30, 1988
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
157
sionaiy outreach for The United
Methodist Church in rural areas that
have needed caring and creative leader-
ship; and
"Whereas, church and community
workers as 'national' missionaries have
numerous skills that have enriched
Christian ministry in town and country
communities where personal, family,
and community crises have existed; and
"Whereas, rural America continues to
be in great transition due to crises being
faced by family farmers, the loss of in-
dustrial employment opportunities, and
the break up of rural communities;
"Therefore, be it resolved that the
General Conference direct the National
Division through the General Board of
Global Ministries to increase the num-
ber of church and community workers;
and
"Be it further resolved that special at-
tention be given to assigning church and
community workers to work closely with
cooperative parish ministries and dis-
tricts in order to provide leadership, min-
istering skills, and other supports to:
"- local churches located in rural com-
munities that are experiencing high
levels of transition;
"- the 'new' poor in rural communities;
"- the initiation of economic develop-
ment alternatives; and
"Be it further resolved that the Nation-
al Division make every effort to raise the
salaiy of the church and community
workers to a more commensurate level."
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
133^
MN23
Subject: Candidacy for Ordained
Ministry
Petitions: 525-MN-404-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 98; Present 89
For 89; Against 0; Not Votmg
Date: 4/28/88
The committee recommends referral
to the Division of Ordained Ministry of
the General Board of Higher Education
and Ministry.
Insert after Paragraph 404.4 the fol-
lowing new paragraph:
5. In circumstances in which a
Pastor-Parish Relations Commit-
tee or Charge Conference declines
to recommend a candidate for cer-
tification and evidence of
prejudice due to racism or sexism
exists, the candidate and/or his or
her pastor may appeal to the dis-
trict Committee on Ordained Mini-
stry. Upon investigation of the
circumstances, the district Commit-
tee on Ordained Ministry may set
aside the negative recommenda-
tion of the Pastor-Parish Relations
Committee or Charge Conference
and proceed to certify the can-
didate, provided that all other re-
quirements of paragraphs 404.2, .3,
.4, and 749 are observed.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
134
MN19
Subject: In-Depth Study of
US/USSR Relations
Petitions: 486-MN-3000-R$
Pages in Advance DCA: D-2-18
Membership 98; Present 92
For 92; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 27, 1988
The committee recommends referral
to Council of Bishops.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
135
MN9
Subject: Appointment of Interim
Pastors
Petitions: 13 10-MN-436-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 98; Present 89
For 77; Against 11; Not voting 1
Date: April 27, 1988
Add new 463.3 Interim appoint-
ments may be made: To charges
that have special transitional
needs or to charges whose pastor is
on sabbatical leave. The committee
recommends concurrence as amended.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
136 MNIO
Subject: Appointment of Interim
Pastors
Petitions: 1728-MN-436-D, 1975-MN-
436-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 98; Present 89
For 89; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 27, 1988
The committee recommends noncon-
currence in favor of 1310 MN 436 D.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
137*
MNll
Subject: Responsibilities of Bishops
Petitions: 1577-MN-514-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 98; Present 92
For 92; Agamst 0; Not Voting
Date: April 27, 1988
The committee recottunends noncon-
currence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
138
MN14
Subject: Presidential Duties
Petitions: 575-MN-515-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-61
Membership 98; Present 92
For 91; Against 1; Not Voting
Date: April 27, 1988
The committee recommends concur-
rence as printed in Advance DCA.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
139 MN15
Subject: Presidential Duties
Petitions: 1985-MN-515-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 98; Present 92
For 90; Against 0; Not Voting 2
Date: April 27, 1988
Addas:
515.2 To provide general over-
sight for the fiscal and program
operations of the annual con-
ference(s). This may include spe-
cial inquiry into the work of
agencies to assure that the annual
conference and general church
policies and procedures are fol-
lowed.
Committee reconmiends concurrence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
140
HE3
Subject: Study Commission on
Models of Theological Education
and Patterns of Ministry
Petitions: 947-HE-3000-S$
Pages in Advance DCA: C-1-67
Membership 83; Present 74
For 73; Against 0; Not Voting 1
Date: April 27, 1988
Recommend that both the petition
and this addition be referred to the
General Board of Higher Education and
Ministry for study with the request that
the board be in consultation with the
University Senate, the Commission on
Religion and Race, and AUMTS to con-
sider developing new models of theologi-
cal education in light of the needs of the
multiracial/multiethnic church.
Substitute for (D-1-67, 68): Study
Commission for Models of
Theological Education and Pat-
terns of Ministry
158
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
AprU 30, 1988
Whereas, The United Methodist
Church is an inclusive, multiracial, mul-
tiethnic body of Christ; and
Whereas, The United Methodist
Chiu-ch is in mission in the name of
Jesus Christ wherever its members are
found and human beings live; and
Whereas, A key element of the mis-
sion of The United Methodist Church is
found in the pastoral, prophetic, and
equipping work of its ordained mini-
sters; and
Whereas, Effective ministry is called
from diverse communities of faith and
competent ministry must speak to, serve
with and minister in diverse fields of
mission; and
Whereas, Those prepared for ordained
ministry in one cultural context are
severely limited in ministering in a mul-
ticultural setting; and
Whereas, The General Commission
on Religion and Race has already within
its program and budget a visit during
every quadrennium to each United
Methodist seminaiy to monitor its racial
inclusiveness in program and cur-
riculum; and
Whereas, Each United Methodist
seminaiy is regularly visited by repre-
sentatives of the Division of the Or-
dained Ministry and teams from the
Association of Theological Schools in
the United States and Canada and
regional accrediting bodies examining
seminaiy programs, including racial in-
clusiveness; and
Whereas, The allocation of funds from
the Ministerial Education Fund to each
of the thirteen seminaries is, in part,
determined by a factor of racial inclusive-
ness; and
Whereas, The seminaries are com-
mitted to continued progress in prepar-
ing persons for ministry in racial and
ethnic communities and in multicultural
settings;
Be it resolved that the General Com-
mission on Religion and Race conduct in
each seminaiy during the quadrennium
a consultation involving students and
faculty and representatives of con-
stituent groups from White American,
Asian American, Black American,
Hispanic American, and Native
American persons.
And be it further resolved that the
aim of this consultation is to enhance
and facilitate the ability of the semi-
naries to prepare persons for ministry in
racial-ethnic communities and in multi-
cultural settings.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
141* HE15
Subject: University Senate
Petitions: 853-HE-1520-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-114
Membership 83; Present 74
For 74; Against 0; Not voting
Date: AprU 28, 1988
Amended as follows:
Add new subparagraphs to Par. 1520:
An institution which chooses to disaf-
filiate with The United Methodist
Church for any reason s uch a s voluntari
ly dosing or changing missions should
shall: a) inform the University Senate
as soon as possible after discussions
begin concerning disaffiliation; b) in-
form all appropriate United Methodist
judicatories; c) seek technical and legal
assistance from the Division of Higher
Education regarding fiduciary issues.
The Senate shall publish annually,
with its list of United Methodist-af-
filiated institutions, the names of institu-
tions of other historic Methodist
churches which wish to participate in re-
search projects, the insurance program,
and technical services of the General
Board of Higher Education and Mini-
stiy. Such institutions shall be desig-
nated as "associate" institutions.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
142
MN2
Subject: The Itinerant System
Petitions: 735-MN-436-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-53
Membership 98; Present 89
For 88; Against 1; Not Voting
Date: April 27, 1988
The committee recommends concur-
rence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
143 MN3
Subject: Consecration of Bishops
Petitions: 536-MN-521-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-61
Membership 98; Present 82
For 81; Against 1; Not Voting
Date: AprU 27, 1988
The committee recommends noncon-
currence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
144 MN7
Subject: Disposition of Complaint
Petitions: 762-MN-513-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-61
Membership 98; Present 93
For 91; Against 1; Not Voting 1
Date: AprU 27, 1988
The committee reconmiends noncon-
currence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
145 MN8
Subject: Sabbatical Leave
Following Complaint
Petitions: 2239-MN-513-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 98; Present 93
For 85; Against 7; Not Voting 1
Date: AprU 27, 1988
The committee recommends noncon-
currence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
146
LC
Subject: Local Church Board of
Trustees
Petitions: 916-LC-2525-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-123
Membership 94; Present 83
For 79; Against 4; Not Voting
Date: AprU 27, 1988
Concurrence
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
147'
LC
Subject: Local Church Board of
Trustees-Qualifications
Petitions: 1171-LC-2524-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-123
Membership 94; Present 83
For 83; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 27, 1988
Concurrence
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
148* LC
Subject: Local Church Board of
Trustees-Organization and
Membership
Petitions: 1175-LC-2529-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-123
Membership 94; Present 83
For 83; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 27, 1988
Concurrence
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
149* LC.
Subject: Charge or Cooperative
Parish Board of Trustees
Petitions: 1173-LC-2527D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-123
AprU 30, 1988
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
159
Membership 94 Present 83
For 83; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 27, 1988
Committee recommends concurrence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
150
L.C.
Subject: Chair of Committee on
Nominations and Personnel
Petitions: 1329-LC-267-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 94 Presents?
For 79; Against 1; Not Voting 7
Date: April 27, 1988
Committee recommends nonconcur-
rence in favor of 45-LC-267-D
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
151
L.C.
Subject: Board of Trustees of
Cooperative Parish
Petitions: 428-LC-2527-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-123
Membership 94 Present 83
For 83; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 27, 1988
Committee recommends concurrence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
152^
L.C.
Subject: Small Membership
Churches
Petitions: 6<39-LC-2548-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-126
Membership 94 Present 83
For 83; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 27, 1988
Committee recommends concurrence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
153
*
L.C.
Subject: Board of Trustees Report
to Charge Conference
Petitions: 1189-LC-2547-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-126
Membership 94 Present 83
For 83; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 27, 1988
Committee recommends concurrence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
154* Lc
Subject: Removal of Local Church
Trustees
Petitions: 1176-LC-2530-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-123
Membership 94; Present 83
For 83; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 27, 1988
Committee recommends concurrence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
159*
155'
L.C.
Subject: Meetings of Local Church
Board of Trustees
Petitions: 1177-LC-2531-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-123
Membership 94; Present 83
For 83; Agamst 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 27, 1988
Committee recommends concurrence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
156
HE27
Subject: Higher Ethical Standards
for Athletics at United Methodist
related Colleges and Universities.
Petitions: 2490-HE-3000-R
Pages in Advance DCA: Not Printed
Membership 83; Present 74
For 73; Against 0; Not Voting 1
Date: April 28, 1988
Committee recommends nonconcur-
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
157
GA
Subject: Church's Role in Care for
Older Adults
Petitions: 334-GA-3000-R$
Pages in Advance DCA: E-31
Membership 82; Present 75
For 75; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 27, 1988
Committee recommends nonconcur-
rence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
158
ij
Subject: Reconciliation with
Missionary Society
Petitions: 435-IJ-3000-R
Pages in Advance DCA: D-2-15
Membership 72; Present 61
For 52; Against 7; Not Voting 2
Date: April 27, 1988
Committee recommends nonconcur-
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
H£9
Subject: Purpose and Objectives of
University Senate
Petitions: 852-HE-1518-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-114
Membership 83; Present 74
For 74; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
Committee recommends concurrence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
160* HEll
Subject: University Senate
Petitions: 851-HE-1517-D, 850-HE-1517-
D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-113
Membership 83; Present 74
For 74; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 28, 1988
Committee recommends concurrence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
161
GA
Subject: Older Adult Ministries
Petitions: 333-GA-3000-R
Pages in Advance DCA: D-2-13, D-2-14
Membership 82; Present 75
For 75; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 27, 1988
Committee recommends nonconcur-
rence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
162* GA
Subject: In Support of Older Adult
Ministries Report
Petitions: 2465-GA-3000-R
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 82; Present 75
For 75; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 27, 1988
Committee recommends nonconcur-
rence in favor of Task Force on Older
Adult Ministries report (petition 1194
and 652).
"The CouncU on Older Adult Mini-
stries, Tennessee Annual Conference,
does hereby endorse the report from the
Task Force for Older Adults, and ap-
proves its Biblical-Theological State-
ment, its characteristics of a model
ministry by, with, for older adults, and
its recommendations for implementa-
tion in the new quadrenium.
"We wholeheartedly recommend its
passage along with the proposed budget
for implementation."
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
160
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
April 30, 1988
163'
GA
Subject: Advisory Coordinating
Committee on Older Adult
Ministries
Petitions: 2452-GA-3000-R
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 82; Present 75
For 75; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 27, 1988
Committee recommends nonconcur-
rence in favor of Task Force on Older
Adult Ministries report (Petition 652).
The following resolution was passed
at the 1987 session of the Tennessee An-
nual Conference and is hereby sub-
mitted to the 1988 General Conference:
"WHEREAS, the 1984 General Con-
ference appointed a Task Force on Older
Adult Ministries; and
"WHEREAS, this task force was
charged with the responsibility of for-
mulating a recommendation to the 1988
General Conference specifying the most
effective means of enhancing ministry
by, with, and for older adults; and
"WHEREAS, the Task Force on Older
Adults has developed a recommendation
to create an advisory coordinating com-
mittee on older adult ministries that
would serve as both a consultant and ad-
vocate for older adults.
"BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED,
that the Tennessee Conference send a
petition to the 1988 session of the
General Conference affirming the crea-
tion of an Advisory /Coordinating Com-
mittee on Older Adult Ministries."
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
164 GA
Subject: Task Force on Older Adult
Ministries
Petitions: 1355-GA-3000-R $
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 82; Present 75
For 75; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 27, 1988
Committee recommends nonconcur-
rence in favor of the petition 652 from
the Task Force on Older Adult Mini-
stries.
"BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that
this Annual Conference support the
General Task Force proposed budget be
accepted by the General Council on
Finance and Administration and ac-
countable to the General Council on
Ministries in cooperation with general
agencies.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
Subject: Older Adult Ministries
Petitions: 649-GA-3000-R
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 82; Present 75
For 75; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 27, 1988
Committee recommends nonconcur-
rence.
"BE IT RESOLVED: We, the par-
ticipants and leaders of the Virginia Con-
ference Senior Adult Assembly, the
United Methodist Church, meeting at
Blackstone, Virginia, on September 21-
24, 1987, petition you as follows:
"1. That changes, or adjustments be
made in Disciplinary language and
philosophy which will give the same em-
phasis to older adult ministries as is
given to children, youth, young adult,
and adult ministries; and
"2. That all program agencies be
directed to adopt plans, policies, and
materials which will provide added op-
portunities for ministry by, with, and for
older adults in each local church, dis-
trict, and annual conferences; and
"3. That all Boards and Agencies of
the general church undertake the inten-
tional coordinations of these "by-with-
and-for" goals by the creating of an
Advisory /Coordinating Committee on
Older Adult Ministries for the general
church.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
166 iJi
Subject: Report on Pan-Metho«iist
Cooperation
Petitions: 1016-IJ-3000M
Pages in Advance DCA: E-57
Membership 72; Present 64
For 63; Against 0; Not Voting 1
Date: AprU 27, 1988
Concurrence with editorial correc-
tions: first two lines at top of third
column to top of second colimin.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
167
IJ2
Subject: Pan-Methodist
Cooperation-Recommendations
Petitions: 971-IJ-3000R$
Pages in Advance DCA: E-57
Membership 72; Present 66
For 66; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 27, 1988
Concurrence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
168 U3
Subject: Delete Par. 2007
Petitions: 564-IJ-2007D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-1-18
Membership 72; Present 57
For 56; Against 0; Not Voting 1
Date: April 27, 1988
Concurrence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
169 GA
Subject: Adopt and Implement the
Older Adult Ministries Report
Petitions: 1404-GA-3000-R$
Pages in Advance DCA: Unpublished in
DCA; see text below
Membership 82; Present 75
For 75; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 27, 1988
Committee recommends nonconcur-
rence in favor of the petitions from the
Task Force on Older Adult Ministries
(652 and 1194).
"The adult Sunday school class of Con-
cord-St. Andrew's UMC in Bethesda,
Maryland, at its regular meeting held on
January 17, 1988, voted unanimously to,
and does hereby, petition the 1988
General Conference of the United
Methodist Church to ADOPT and to IM-
PLEMENT the -'Report of the Task
Force on Older Adult Ministries in the
United States and Puerto Rico to the
1988 General Conference.'"
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
170 GA
Subject: In Support of Report from
Task Force on Older Achilt
Ministries
Petitions: 1392-GA-3000-R$
Pages in Advance DCA: Unpublished in
DCA; see text below
Membership 82; Present 75
For 75; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 27, 1988
Committee recommends nonconcur-
rence in favor of the Task Force on
Older Adult Ministries petition 652.
"Whereas the population of older
adults is a swiftly growing segment of
Methodism, and the 1985-88 National
Study Task Force on Older Adult Mini-
stries recommends ongoing coordination
of ministries by, with, and for older
adults, we of the Westfield First UMC at
Westfield, New Jersey, on June 28, 1987,
support the report of the National Task
Force on Older Adult Ministries request-
ing the creation of an Advisory/Coor-
«
April 30, 1988
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
161
dinating Committee for the 1989-92
quadrennium.
"The purpose of this committee shall
be to assess, coordinate, and work with
the general agencies to enhance the min-
istries by, for and with older adults.
"Fimding for this committee shall be
$50,000 per year for the 1989-92 quad-
rennium, to be funded by the General
Conference on Finance and Administra-
tion, and administered and accountable
to the General Council on Ministries in
cooperation with the general program
agencies."
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
171
IJ4
Subject: Pan-Methodist
Cooperation
Petitions: 966
Pages in Advance DCA: C-1-21
Membership 72; Present 57
For 56; Against 0; Not Voting 1
Date: April 27, 1988
Committee recommends concurrence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
172
CE2
Subject: $100M Scholarship
Endowment Fund
Petitions: 1080-HE-3000-R$
Pages in Advance DCA: F-58
Membership 83; Present 76
For 75; Against 1; Not Voting
Date: April 27, 1988
Committee recommends concurrence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
173'
HE4
Subject: Financing Higher
Education
Petitions: 848-HE-1516-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-113
Membership 83; Present 75
For 75; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 27, 1988
Committee recommends concurrence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
174* HE5
Subject: Ministerial Education
Fund
Petitions: 840-HE-1509-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-111
Membership 83; Present 75
For 75; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 27, 1988
Conamittee recommends concurrence.
Committee recommends concurrence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
( ) Concurrence (
175
HE7
Subject: Hawaii Loa College
Support
Petitions: 357-HE-3000-R$
Pages m Advance DCA: D-2-16
Membership 83; Present 75
For 74; Against 1; Not Voting
Date: April 27, 1988
Committee recommends referral back
to GBHEM.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
176 HE12
Subject: University Senate
Petitions: 849-HE-1517-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-113
Membership 83; Present 74
For 71; Against 1; Not Voting 2
Date: AprU 28, 1988
Committee recommends concurrence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
177
HE13
Subject: University Senate
Petitions: 165-HE-1520-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-114
Membership 83; Present 74
For 72; Agamst 2; Not Voting
Date: AprU 28, 1988
Committee recommends nonconcur-
rence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
178* HE14
Subject: University Senate
Petitions: 422-HE-1517-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-113
Membership 83; Present 74
For 74; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 28, 1988
Committee recommends concurrence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
179
*
LC
Subject: Officers of the L.C.
Council on Ministries
Petitions: 43-LC-258-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-37
Membership 94; Present 84
For 84; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 27, 1988
180
FA43
Subject: Administrative
Responsibilities of GCFA (Par. 907)
Petitions: 1144-FA-907-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-89
Membership 91; Present 79
For 78; Against 1; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
We recommend concurrence with this
petition as printed on p. C-89 in the Ad-
vance DCA.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
181* FA44
Subject: Administrative
Responsibilities
Petitions: 1119-FA-907-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-89
Membership 91; Present 79
For 79; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 28, 1988
We recommend concurrence with this
petition as printed on p. C-89 in the Ad-
vance DCA.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
Subject: Loss of Pension Annuity
Due to Pastoral Charge Not Paying
Apportionments.
Petitions: 2023-FA-736-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 91; Present 78
For 78; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 28, 1988
We recommend nonconcurrence with
this petition which proposes deletion of
Par. 736.4. d and e which provide for a
lien being placed against a pastor's pen-
sion for nonpayment of apportionments.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
183^
FA18
Subject: Proportional Payment
Petitions: 1326-FA-736-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 91; Present 78
For 24; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 28, 1988
We recommend nonconcurrence with
this petition which attempts to
eliminate unconscionable actions of the
162
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
April 30, 1988
General Conference such as placing
liens on the pastor's pension for nonpay-
ment of apportionments.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
184 rAi9
Subject: Proportional Payment
Petitions: 961-FA-736-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 91; Present 76
For 76; Against 1; Not Voting 1
Date: April 28, 1988
We voted concurrence with this peti-
tion that eliminates a pastor from receiv-
ing a bonus or other supplementary
income that would defeat proportional
payments to pastors.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
185* FA20
Subject: Proportional Payment
Petitions: 2180-FA-736-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 91; Present 78
For 78; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 28, 1988
We voted nonconcurrence with this
petition that requests the elimination of
Par. 736.4 PROPORTIONAL PAY-
MENT.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
186'
FA21
Subject: Delete Paragraph 736.4
Petitions: 126-FA-736-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-83
Membership 91; Present 78
For 78; Against 0; Not Votmg
Date: April 28, 1988
We recommend nonconcurrence on
this petition that requests elimination of
Par. 736.4 PROPORTIONAL PAY-
MENTS.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
187* FA22
Subject: Conference Board of
Pensions
Petitions: 1872-FA-736-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 91; Present 78
For 78; Agamst 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
We voted concurrence to this petition
which makes it possible for persons
receiving pensions benefits to serve on
the conference board of pensions.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
188* FA23
Subject: Conference Board of
Pensions
Petitions: 1783-FA-736-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 91; Present 78
For 78; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
We recommend nonconcurrence with
this petition in favor of Petition 1872-
FA-736-D.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
189* FA24
Subject: Conference Board of
Pensions
Petitions: 2024-FA-736-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 91; Present 78
For 78; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
We recommend nonconcurrence with
this petition in favor of Petition 1872-
FA-736-D.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
190* FA25
Subject: Ministers From Other
Annual Conferences and Other
Methodist Denominations
Petitions: 952-FA-425-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 91; Present 76
For 76; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
We recommend concurrence with this
petition that places the responsibility for
enrollment of the pastor in the Mini-
sterial Pension Plan and the Com-
prehensive Protection Plan on the
Board of Pensions of the Annual Con-
ference.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
191 GA
Subject: Advisory Coordinating
Committee for Older Adult
Ministries
Petitions: 335-GA-3000-R$
Pages in Advance DCA: E-31
Membership 82; Present 75
For 75; Agamst 0; Not Voting
Date: April 27, 1988
Committee recommends nonconcur-
rence in favor of Task Force on Older
Adult Ministries (Petition 652).
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
192 GA
Subject: Advisory Committee for
Older Adult Ministries
Petitions: 336-GA-3000-R$
Pages in Advance DCA: E-31
Membership 82; Present 75
For 75; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 27, 1988
Committee recommends nonconcur-
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
193 GA
Subject: Permanent Organization
for Older Adult Ministries
Petitions: 337-GA-3000-R$
Pages in Advance DCA: E-31
Membership 82; Present 75
For 75; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 27, 1988
Committee recommends nonconcur-
rence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
194 GA
Subject: Commission to Study
Older Adult Ministries
Petitions: 339-GA-3000-R$
Pages in Advance DCA: E-31
Membership 82; Present 75
For 75; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 22, 1988
Committee recommends nonconcur-
rence
'The Rio Grande Conference in its
third plenary session of its fifty -eighth
annual session on June 13, 1987 (1987
Journal, pages 32 and 192) adopted the
following resolution to be submitted as a
petition to the 1988 General (Conference
of the United Methodist Church: La Con-
ferencia del Rio Grande apoya la
creacion de una Comision Cuadrienial
de Estudio de Asuntos de Personas
Mayores con representacion adecuada de
las jurisdicciones, el Cloncilio de Obispos,
las Juntas (jenerales de Discipulado,
Iglesia y Sociedad y Ministerios Globales
y que sea inclusiva de personas mayores
(mas de 55 anos de edad) de distintos
grupos etnicos y con un presupuesto
anual de $50,0()0 con el fin de hacer
analisis del grupo que esta creciendo con
April 30, 1988
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
163
mas rapidez en los EE. UU. y hacer
recomendaciones a la Conferencia
General de 1992 con respecto a mini-
sterio por, con y a este grupo de per-
sonas."
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
195 GA
Subject: Committee on Ministry to
Older Adults
Petitions: 338-GA-3000-R$
Pages in Advance DCA: E-31
Membership 82; Present
For 75; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 27, 1988
The committee recommends noncon-
currence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
Subject: Refund of Balance of
Vested Pension Benefits of Former
Participants - Lump Sum Pay-outs
Petitions: 293-FA-3000-R
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 91; Present 76
For 76; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
We recommend nonconcurrence with
this petition that would authorize a
refimd of the balance of the vested pen-
sion benefits of former participants of
the Plan upon request and as eligible.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
197*
IJ5
Subject: Pan-Methodist
Cooperation
Petitions: 568
Pages in Advance DCA: C-1-21
Membership 72; Present 61
For 61; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 27, 1988
Committee recommends nonconcur-
rence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
198
U6
Subject: An Ecumenical Decade:
Churches in Solidarity With
Women 1988-1998
Petitions: 627-IJ-3000-R
Pages in Advance DCA: D-1-68 ff
Membership 72; Present 61
For 57; Against 3; Not Voting 1
Date: April 27, 1988
Committee recommends concurrence.
Insert new par. #3 and re-order, so
that it reads:
b. Women's visions and perspectives,
concerns and commitments related to
the ecimienical study, "Justice, Peace
and the Integrity of Creation."
a Women doing theology and sharing
spirituality: how can we enable an in-
tegrated process of study, sharing, ac-
ting and celebrating?
2. Produce educational resources and
programs on the marginalization and op-
pression of women, their struggle for
human dignity and a better life, and
their creative contribution in theology,
spirituality and ministry.
3. Encourage all levels of the
church - general, jurisdictional, an-
nual conference, district, and local
chiu"ch - be encouraged to par-
ticipate in the Ecumenical Decade
by studying the root causes of
sexism, exploring ways to increase
participation of women in all
aspects of church life, and be open
to ways of addressing injustices
to\^ard women through the church
and society.
4. Urge all commissions and program
agencies to study and implement as ap-
propriate the priorities of the "Forward
Looking Strategies";
5. Increase the involvement of racial,
ethnic and national minority women as
well as other oppressed women;
6. Improve relationships with women
suffering under sexism, racism and cas-
teism and support the World Council of
Churches' Women Under Racism
Programme;
7. Continue efforts which both the
church and the society accomplished
diuing the United Nations Decade for
Women towards the goals of equality,
development and peace;
8. Work for women to participate
equally with men in the decisions of the
church and the society concerning jus-
tice and peace;
9. Urge United Methodists to en-
courage governments to commit themsel-
ves to appropriate action for the
implementation of the strategies within
the framework of their national develop-
ment plans and programs;
10. Monitor and be supportive of the
continued emphasis on women by the
United Nations and participate in all the
United Nations arenas where Non-
Govemmental organizations have poten-
tial for influence;
11. Support the "United Nations Con-
vention on the Elimination of All Forms
of Discrimination Against Women" and
lu-ge United Methodists to work through
local and national organizations to en-
courage their governments not only to
ratify but to implement the Convention.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
199* LIT
Subject: Eciunenical Decade
Petitions: 1260
Pages in Advance DCA: D-1-69
Membership 72; Present 61
For 60; Against 0; Not Voting 1
Date: April 27, 1988
Committee recommends nonconcur-
rence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
200'
IJ8
Subject: Act of Covenanting
Petitions: 1083
Pages in Advance DCA: D-1-70
Membership 72; Present 61
For 59; Against 0; Not Voting 2
Date: AprU 27, 1988
Committee recommends concurrence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
201
IJ9
Subject: Ecumenical Decade
Petitions: 628
Pages in Advance DCA: D-2-16
Membership 72; Present 61
For 60; Against 0; Not Voting 1
Date: April 27, 1988
Committee recommends nonconcur-
) Nonconcurrence Date /
202'
FA42
Subject: Authority of General
Conference
Petitions: 1193-FA-3000-R
Pages m Advance DCA: C-127
Membership 91; Present 79
For 79; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 28, 1988
We recommend concurrence with this
petition as printed on p. C-127 in the Ad-
vance DCA
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
203* FA40
Subject: Episcopal Fund
Petitions: 263 1-FA-925-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 91; Present 79
164
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
April 30, 1988
For 79; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
We recommend nonconcurrence with
this petition asking that ceiling of
$50,000 be placed on bishop's salaries.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
204* FA41
Subject: Delete Par. 923 - Episcopal
Fund
Petitions: 2630.-FA-923-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 91; Present 79
For 79; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 28, 1988
We recommend nonconcurrence with
this petition which asks for the deletion
of Par. 923. This paragraph authorizes
the GCFA to pay and, if necessary, bor-
row to pay support for active bishops,
retired bishops, and their dependents.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
205'
FA39
Subject: Compensation for Retired
Bishops Recalled to Active Service
Petitions: 915-FA-937-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-92
Membership 91; Present 79
For 79; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 28, 1988
We recommend concurrence with this
petition as printed on p. C-92 of the Ad-
vanced DCA.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
206
MN24
Subject: Central Clearing Agency
for Clergy Transfers
Petitions: 485-MN-3000-R$
Pages in Advance DCA: D-2-18
Membership 98; Present 92
For 86; Against 5; Not Voting 1
Date:
The committee recommends noncon-
) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
207
MN
Subject: Portland Affirmation
Petitions: 1285-MN-306-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 98; Present 91
For 84; Against 1; Not Voting 6
Date: April 28, 1988
The committee recommends noncon-
currence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
208* C08
Subject: Determining Number of
Bishops to be Elected
Petitions: 1476-CO-505-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 83; Present 73
For 73; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 27, 1988
The committee recommends noncon-
currence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
Subject: Compensation of Bishops
Relieved of Episcopal Duties
Petitions: 1151-FA-931-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-92
Membership 91; Present 79
For 79; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 28, 1988
We recommend concurrence with this
petition as printed on p. C-92 of the Ad-
vance DCA.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
212'
210
CS2
Subject: Social Principles Par.
71.G. - Abortion
Petitions: 1424-CS-71-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 104; Present 100
For 92; Against 6; Not Voting 1
Date: April 28, 1988
The committee recommends concur-
rence to retain 71. G. in the Book of Dis-
cipline and add the following:
After the sentence which concludes
"...and in such cases support the legal op-
tion of abortion under proper medical
procedures." Add: We cannot affirm
abortion as an acceptable means of
birth control.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
211* CSIO
Subject: Sexual Harassment
Petitions: 2376-CS-3000-R
Pages in Advance DCA: None
Membership 104; Present 95
For 95; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
The committee voted nonconcurrence
to the petition in favor of Petition 620-
CS-3000-R Report CS9.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
FA37
Subject: Bishops' Compensation
and Expense Allowances
Petitions: 1149-FA-924-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-92
Membership 91; Present 79
For 79; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
We recommend concurrence with this
petition as printed on p. C-92 of the Ad-
vance DCA.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
213^
MN
Subject: Limitation on Years of
Service
Petitions: 87-MN-518-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-62
Membership 98; Present 83
For 83; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
Petition to extend term of district su-
perintendent to eight years, comprised
of foiu--year terms, renewable once.
The committee recommends noncon-
currence in favor of present Discipline.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
214* MN
Subject: Consultation Process
Petitions: 1398-MN-3000-R
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 98; Present 89
For 89; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 28, 1988
Petition re: right to refuse a new mini
ster. The committee recommends non-
concurrence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
215
MN
Subject: Personnel
Petitions: 1013-MN-521-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 98; Present 95
For 95; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 28, 1988
The committee recommends noncon-
currence in favor of 766-MN-521-D.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
216 Lc
Subject: The Mission of the Church
Petitions: 1034-LC- 103-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-29
Membership 94; Present 89
For 87; Against 2; Not Voting
April 30, 1988
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
165
Date: April 28, 1988
Committee recommends concurrence.
Par. 103. Amend the first sentence of
the first paragraph by addition as fol-
lows:
Par. 103. God's self-revelation in the
life, death, and resurrection of Jesus
Christ simmions the Church to mis s ion
ministry in the world through witness
by word and deed» in light of the
Church's mission. (Par.)
(The remainder of Par. 103 would
remain unchanged.)
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
217* Lc
Subject: Terminating Trustees
Petitions: 2070-LC-2530-D
Pages in Advance DCA: see text below
Membership 94; Present 88
For 87; Against 0; Not Voting 1
Date: April 28, 1988
Committee recommends nonconcur-
rence.
"Proposed Paragraph 2530, Section 1
"1. Should a trustee of a local church,
who when elected a trustee was a mem-
ber of that local church, cease to be a
member of that local church, trusteeship
therein shall automatically cease from
the date the trustee ceases to be a mem-
ber of the local church. Should a trustee
of a local church, who when elected a
trustee was a member of some other con-
gregation of The United Methodist
Church, cease to be a member of any
local congregation of The United
Methodist Church, trusteeship of the
local church shall automatically cease
from the date of membership termina-
tion."
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
218'
LC
Subject: Board of Trustees
Petitions: 1459-LC-2529-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 94; Present 86
For 86; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
CJommittee recommends nonconcur-
rence. Please delete the words e©ft-
foronoo yoor in Par. 2529 (1) and
substitute the words New Year since
the new class on the board of trustees
first takes office in the month of
January and not June.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
219 LC
Subject: Board of Trustees
Petitions: 2065-LC-2524-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 94; Present 78
For 72; Against 5; Not Voting 1
Date: AprU 28, 1988
Committee recommends nonconcur-
rence.
Proposed Paragraph 2524:
In each pastoral charge consisting of
one local church there shall be a board
of trustees, consisting of not fewer than
three nor more than nine persons, at
least one-third of whom shall be
laywomen, each of whom shall be of
legal age as determined by law and at
least two-thirds of whom shall be mem-
bers of the local church. The permis-
sible one-third nonmembers may
also include members of other
local churches of The United
Methodist Chiu-ch. By action of the
Charge Conference the local church may
limit the age of trustees to a maximum
of seventy-two years of age.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
220
MN
Subject: Supervision
Petitions: 765-MN-520-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-62
Membership 98; Present 95
For 82; Against 10; Not Voting 3
Date: AprU 28, 1988
Par. 520.1: Amend by adding in last
line after the word pas/ors' and
diaconal ministers' priorities for min-
istry.
The committee recommends concur-
rence as amended.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
221
LC
Subject: The People of God
Petitions: 1299-LC-107-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 94; Present 85
For 83; Against 2; Not voting
Date: AprU 28, 1988
Committee recommend nonconcur-
rence.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED
that Par. 107 of the 1984 Book of Dis-
cipline, which reads:
"The people of CJod are the Church
made visible in the world. It is they who
must convince the world of the reality of
the gospel or leave it unconvinced.
There can be no evasion or delegation of
this responsibUity; the Church is either
faithful as a witnessing and serving com-
munity, or it loses its vitality and its im-
pact on an unbelieving world."
BE AMENDED BY ADDITION OF
THE FOLLOWING:
By means of all its expressions,
including business meetings, per-
sonnel matters, study classes, and
planning sessions, the Church shall
seek to perfect its love of God and
neighbor.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
222 LC
Subject: Board of Trustees
Petitions: 2066-LC-2524-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 94; Present 66
For 53; Agamst 11; Not Voting 2
Date: AprU 28, 1988
Committee recommends concurrence.
That Par. 2524 of the Book of Dis-
cipline be amended by deleting the final
sentence-
By action of the Chargo Conforonco
the local church may limit the ago of
tru6too6 to a maximum of covonty two
years of ago .
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
223
LC
Subject: Election and
Responsibilities of Lay Leader
Petitions: 1026-LC-251-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 94; Present 82
For 75; Against 7; Not Voting
Date: AprU 28, 1988
Committee recommends concurrence
as amended.
Between the words primary and repre-
sentative add the word lay.
The second part of the petition now
reads, "Out of the general ministry of
each local church (p. 105) there shall be
elected by the charge conference a lay
leader who shall function as the primary
lay representative of the laity in that
local church and shall have the follow-
ing responsibUities:"
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence DaU /
224 LC
Subject: Membership of Board of
Trustees
Petitions: 1805-LC-2525-D
Pages in Advance DCA: see text below
Membership 94; Present 70
For 37; Against 33; Not Voting
166
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
AprU 30, 1988
Date: April 28, 1988
Committee recommends concurrence.
"In each pastoral charge consisting of
one local church there shall be a
BOARD OF TRUSTEES, consisting of
not fewer than three nor more than
nine persons, at least one-third of whom
shall be laywomen, and at least one-
third of whom shall be laymen,
each of whom shall be of legal age as
determined by law and at least two-
thirds of whom shall be members of The
United Methodist Church. By action of
the Charge Conference the local church
may limit the age of trustees to a maxi-
mum of seventy-two years of age."
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
225* MN
Subject: Personnel
Petitions: 766-MN-521-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-62
Membership 98; Present 95
For 95; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 28, 1988
The conunittee recommends concur-
rence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
226
MN
Subject: Responsibilities of
District Superintendents
Petitions: 88-MN-519-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-62
Membership 98; Present 86
For 76; Against 10; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
The committee recommends noncon-
currence in favor of present Discipline.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
227 MN
Subject: Responsibilities of
District Superintendents
Petitions: 764-MN-519-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-62
Membership 98; Present 85
For 67; Against 16; Not Voting 2
Date: April 28, 1988
The committee recommends concur-
rence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
228 MN
Subject: Limitetions of Years of
Service
Petitions: 1268-MN-518-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 98; Present 84
For 84; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
Par. 518 be changed to read:
518: Limitations of Years of Ser-
vice.-An elder may not be ap-
pointed a district superintendent
for more than eight years in any
consecutive ten years. No elder
shall serve as district superinten-
dent more than twice. In addition,
consideration shall be given to the
nature of superintendency as
described in para. 501-502.
The committee recommends noncon-
currence in favor of present Discipline.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
229* MN
Subject: Commitment to
Inclusiveness
Petitions: 397-MN-519-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-62
Membership 98; Present 84
For 84; Against 0; Not Votmg
Date: AprU 28, 1988
Add a new paragraph after 519.2 )by
encouraging their personal commit-
ment to inclusiveness in the life of
the chiu"ch; The committee recom-
mends concurrence as amended.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
230^
MN
Subject: Supervision
Petitions: 1863-MN-520-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 98; Present 95
For 95; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 28, 1988
Petition to add to Par. 520.2. In situa-
tions of apparent conflict of inter-
est, a request may be made to the
bishop by the cabinet, a district su-
perintendent, a staff parish com-
mittee, a pastor, or a diaconal
minister for an alternate district
superintendent to act as supervisor
of a given clergy person if existing
circumstances hinder the objec-
tivity and/or effectiveness of a
regular district superintendent.
The bishop, upon consultation with
the cabinet, shall determine
whether there is conflict of inter-
est and whether an alternate dis-
trict superintendent needs to be
appointed, and then act according-
ly."
The committee recommends noncon-
currence in favor of present Discipline.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
231 MN
Subject: Retain Par. 402.2
Petitions: 56-MN^02-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-46
Membership 98; Present 93
For 66; Against 27; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
Committee recommends concurrence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
231 MN (Minority Report)
Subject: Far. 402.2
Petitions: 56-MN-402-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-46
Membership 98; Present 93
For 66; Against 27; Not Voting
Date: AprU 28, 1988
Minority report recommends deletion
ofpresent Par. 402.2
Committee recommends concurrence.
New 402.2 Ordained ministers of
the church are responsible to em-
body an acceptance of God's love
through their example and their ad-
ministration of Word, Sacrament,
and Order. In doing this, they offer
the world God's sovereign grace;
they bear witness to Christ's call to
love God and neighbor; and they
demonstrate a Spirit-filled life of
joy, gentleness, and self-control.
Signers of Minority Report: Grayson
Atha, Carol Roettmer Brewer, David A.
GUes, Marcus Fang, Edward Iwamoto,
David Kruse, Dean A. Lanning, Leon
McKenzie, Sarah S. MUler, Sarrane
O'DonneU, Sam PhUlips, Deborah L
Pritts, Patricia A. Townsend, WUliam 0.
Walker, Rosa Washington, Brenda West,
Carroll Yingling, Jr., and Loretta Young
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
I
232
MN
Subject: Par. 402.2
Petitions: 60-MN-i02-D; 59-MN-402-D;
58-MN-402-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-47 and these
additional petitions: 1305-MN-402-D,
2621-MN-3000-R, 1362-MN-400-D, 2231-
MN-402-D, 933-MN-430-D, 1338-MN-
400-D, 1331-MN-3000-R,
1273-MN-3000-R, 1400-MN-3000-R,
1500-MN-402-D, 1030-MN-3000-R, 1308-
MN-402-D, 1850-MN-402-D, 1965-MN-
402-D, 1964-MN-402-D, 1851-MN-402-D,
AprU 30, 1988
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
167
1852-MN-402-D, 1718-MN-402-D, 1963-
MN-402-D, 1633-MN-402-D, 2588-MN-
3000-R, 2586-MN-3000-R, and
2285-MN^02-D
Membership 98; Present 90
For 90; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
Committee recommends nonconcur-
rence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
233* MN
Subject: Par. 402.2
Petitions: 1590-MN-2529-D, 2591-MN-
3000-R, 1508-MN-3000-R, 1563-MN-
3000-R, 1567-MN-3000-R,
1720-MN-3000-R, 2612-MN-3000-R,
1713-MN-3000-R, 2611-MN-3000-R,
1716-MN-3000-R, 1272-MN-3000-R,
1395-MN-3000-R, 1396-MN-3000-R,
1397-MN-3000-R, 1394-MN-3000-R,
1445-MN-402-D, 948-MN-3000-R, 2590-
MN-3000-R, 1564-MN-3000-R, 2620-MN-
3000-R, 2592-MN-3000-R,
2624-MN-3000-R, 2625-MN-3000-R,
2626-MN-3000-R, 2623-MN-3000-R,
2610-MN-3000-R, 2609-MN-3000-R, 2615-
MN-3000-R, 2616-MN-3000-R, 2614-MN-
3000-R, 2613-MN-3000-R,
1634-MN-3000-R, 1532-MN-3000-R,
2581-MN-3000-R, 632-MN-3000-R, 2608-
MN-3000-R, 1565-MN-3000-R, 1015-MN-
404-D, 2617-MN-3000-R,
2618-MN-3000-R, 2595-MN-3000-R,
1723-MN-3000-R, 1307-MN-402-D, 1348-
MN-402-D, 62-MN-402-D, 930-MN-412-
D, 1022-MN-430-D, 1574-MN-423-D,
2597-MN-3000-R, 2599-MN-3000-R,
2598-MN-3000-R, 2605-MN-3000-R,
2602-MN-3000-R, 2606-MN-3000-R,
2607-MN-3000-R, 2603-MN-3000-R,
2604-MN-3000-R, 2600-MN-3000-R,
2596-MN-3000-R
Pages in Advance DCA: C-46, C-47
Membership 98; Present 89
For 82; Against 0; Not Voting 7
Date: April 28, 1988
The committee recommends noncon-
curence in favor of 56-MN = 402-D
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
234* MN
Subject: Par. 402.2
Petitions: 532-MN-402-D, 2141-MN-402-
D, 2622-MN-3000-R, 717-MN-402-D, 57-
MN-402-D, 466-MN-430-D,
2646-MN^02-D, 2140-MN^02-D, 718-
MN-102-D, 1715-MN-3000-S, 1849-MN-
402-D, 1511-MN-402-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-46, C-47
Membership 98; Present 89
For 82; Against 0; Not Voting 7
Date: April 28, 1988
The committee recommends noncon-
currence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
235* MN
Subject: Homosexuality
Petitions: 2601-MN-3000-R
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 98; Present 90
For 90; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 28, 1988
Petition to amend Par. 402.2
The committee recommends noncon-
currence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
239^
236
*
MN
Subject: Homosexuality
Petitions: 2593-MN-3000-R, 458-MN-
404-D, 929-MN-408-D, 1968-MN-404-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 98; Present 89
For 82; Against 0; Not Voting 7
Date: April 28, 1988
The committee recommends noncon-
currence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
237* HE28
Subject: Division of Chaplains and
Related Ministries
Petitions: 841-HE-1511-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-111
Membership 83; Present 74
For 74; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
Committee recommends concurrence
with amendment by deletion
of the word induBtiy following institu-
tions.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
238
HE48
Subject: Responsibilities to
Institutions
Petitions: 847-HE-1515-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-113
Membership 83; Present 64
For 64; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
Committee recommends concurrence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
HE49
Subject: Responsibilities to
General and Annual Conferences
Petitions: 421-HE-1514-D, 846-HE-1514-
D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-113 and C-112
Membership 83; Present 65
For 64; Against 0; Not Voting 1
For 64; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
Committee reconunends concurrence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
240 HE46
Subject: Student Recognition Day
Petitions: 275-HE-1515-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-113
Membership 83; Present 64
For 62; Against 1; Not Voting 1
Date: April 28, 1988
Committee recommends nonconcur-
( ) Concurrence (
I Nonconcurrence Date /
241
FA59
Subject: Transitional Funds
Administered by Equitable
Salaries Commission
Petitions: 785-FA-722-D
Pages m Advance DCA: C-74
Membership 91; Present 82
For 77; Against 5; Not Voting
Date: April 29, 1988
The committee recommends noncon-
currence with petition 785-FA- 722-D as
printed on p. C-74 of the Advance DCA.
( ) Concurrence ( )
242* FA60
Subject: Equitable Salaries
"Support" Replacing
"Compensation"
Petitions: 1137-FA-722-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-74
Membership 91; Present 82
For 82; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 29, 1988
The committee recommends concur-
rence with petition 1137-FA-722-D as
printed on p. C-74 of the Advance DCA.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
243* FA61
Subject: Equitable Salaries
Petitions: 1139-FA-722-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-74
Membership 91; Present 82
For 82; Against 0; Not Voting
168
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
AprU 30, 1988
Date: April 29, 1988
The committee recommends concur-
rence with petition 1139-FA-722-D as
printed on p. C-74 of the Advance DCA.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
244
MN
Subject: Candidacy for Diaconal
Ministry
Petitions: 1961-MN-304-D
Pages in Advance DCA: see text below
Membership 98; Present 90
For 66; Against 24; Not Voting
Date: AprU 28, 1988
Petition to amend Par. 304. 1 by ad-
ding
Since the practice of
homosexuality is incompatible
with Christian teaching, self-
avowed, practicing homosexuals
are not to be accepted as can-
didates, consecrated as diaconal
ministers, or appointed to serve in
The United Methodist Church.
The committee recommends noncon-
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
245* FA75
Subject: Word Changes in
"Ministerial Support" Section
Petitions: 1366-FA-717-D, 1367-FA-718-
D, 1368-FA-719-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 91; Present 82
For 82; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 29, 1988
The committee recommends noncon-
currence with the following petitions:
#1366 Which would substitute The
Episcopal Fund, the district super-
intendents, the pension and
benefits program of the annual con-
ferences, and the equitable salary
fund for bichope.MConforonco claimants
m Par. 717.
#1367 Which would substitute For
the pension and benefits program
of the annual conference for een-
foronco claimante
#1368 Which would substitute Epis-
copal Fund for bi s hop s and The pen-
sions and benefits program of the
annual conference for conforonco
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
246
Petitions: 837-HE-1506-D
Pages in Advance DCA: Clll
Membership 83; Present 74
For 74; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
Committee recommends concurrence
as amended:
Upon request to provide resources
and technical assistance in higher educa-
tion throughout the world in collabora-
tion with tho churohoe involved
churches of the Wesleyan tradition.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
247* HE50
Subject: General Responsibilities
of Division of Higher Education
Petitions: 845-HE-1513-D
Pages in Advance DCA: CI 12
Membership 83; Present 64
For 64; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 28, 1988
Committee recommends concurrence.
Petition remains the same except in
Par. 1513.4.f. Change the word relation
sbi^ to relationships:
To foster within educational institu-
tions the highest educational standards,
effective programs of church relation-
ships, the soundest business practices...
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
248
HE51
Subject: Division of Higher
Education
Petitions: 420-HE-1513-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-112
Membership 83; Present 64
For 61; Against 2; Not Voting 1
Date: AprU 28, 1988
Committee recommends nonconcur-
rence
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
249
HE55
Subject: Responsibilities of
GBHEM
HE41
Subject: Peace Colleges
Petitions: 358-HE-3000-R
Pages in Advance DCA: D-2-16
Membership 83; Present 74
For 67; Against 7; Not Voting
Date: AprU 28, 1988
Replace copy from DCA with the fol-
lowing:
Be it resolved that all United
Methodist institutions of higher
education be encouraged to be sen-
sitive to the following issues:
1) Interpersonal communication and
techniques.
2) Cultural differences including lan-
guages (Le. national and tribal).
3) Be inclusive in regard to the
politics, the economics, and the cultures
of the world.
4) Consider offering education events
for pastors and laity in the areas of inter-
personal communications, cultural dif-
ferences, economics, and politicetl
dynamics, and peacemaking, so that we
may further witness to the world our
seriousness about world peace and our
wUlingness to be instruments of God's
peace.
( ) Concurrence { ) Nonconcurrence Date /
250 FA58
Subject: Conference Treasurers
and Conference Benevolences
Adjustment
Petitions: 105-FA-715-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-73
Membership 91; Present 80
For 78; Against 2; Not Voting
Date: AprU 29, 1988
The committee recommends noncon-
currence with petition 105-FA-715-D as
printed on page C-73 of the Advance
DCA.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
251
HE42
Subject: United Methodist Schools
of Theology
Petitions: 1052-HE-1531-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-114
Membership 83; Present 67
For 40; Against 25; Not Voting 2
Date: AprU 28, 1988
Recommends concurrence as
amended:
United Methodist schools of theol-
ogy.. .such as its educational, missional,
Btowardehip , and other service
programs; practical experience in ad-
ministration, stewardship and
other such concerns of order;...shall
provide in its curriculum the courses in
United Methodist history, doctrine, a4-
ministration and policy specified in Par.
423.3 and 306.3a..
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
252
HE54
Subject: Division of Chaplains and
Related Ministries
Petitions: 842-HE-1511-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-112
Membership 83; Present 74
For 74; Against 0; Not Voting
April 30, 1988
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
169
Date: April 28, 1988
Recommend concurrence with amend-
ments:
Petition Number 842-HE-1511-D;
GBHM.
Amend 1511.2.b):
. . . ndoquatoly trained clergy to staff
hoepitale health care settings, homes,
correctional settings, industry, the
armed forces, and counseling centers.
The division will also interpret to
its constituents the ongoing con-
cerns of the denomination.
and 1511.3:
...and providing a continuing minis-
try, that includes such activities as:
retreats, confirmation classes, and other
pastoral functions. Basic to all such
ministry will be cooperation with and
involvement in the life of the local
United Methodist community and
existing ecumenical and inter-
religious programs.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
253
HE44
Subject: Black Colleges Related to
UMC Black College Fund
Petitions: 1074-HE-3000-R$
Pages in Advance DCA: D-1-67
Membership 83; Present 64
For 63; Against 0; Not Voting 1
Date: AprU 28, 1988
Recommend concurrence.
Editorial Change:
Center column, 6th line from top:
Amount should be $38,500,000 (38.5
million) not $ 38 , 500
Center column, 2nd paragraph: $38.5
million not $ 3 8 million
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
Subject: No General, Conference,
District, or Local Agency to Give
Funds to Promote Homosexuality
Petitions: 2421-FA-3000-R
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 91; Present 82
For 82; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: 4-29-88
The committee recommends noncon-
currence with petition 2421-FA-3000-R
in favor of petition 137-FA-906-D.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
255
Membership 83; Present 64
For 63; Against 0; Not Voting 1
Date: AprU 28, 1988
Recommend concurrence as amended.
835-HE-1505-D now reads:
To provide ministerial courses of
study for orderly entrance into ministry.
which alco moot language noods . In
providing these courses of study,
consideration shall be given to lan-
guages other than English.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
256* HE40
Subject: United Methodist Schools
of Theology
Petitions: 856-HE-1531-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-114
Membership 83; Present 70
For 69; Against 0; Not Voting 1
Date: April 28,1988
Recommend nonconcurrence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
257
HE47
Subject: Objectives of GBHEM
Petitions: 833-HE-1505-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-110
Membership 83; Present 64
For 64; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
Recommend concurrence with ad-
men dment:
To recruit, endorse, and provide
general oversight of United Methodist
ministers, including persons who speak
languages other than in addition to
English, who desire to serve as civilian
and federal chaplains.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
258^
HE45
Subject: Objectives of GBHEM
Petitions: 835-HE-1505-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-111
FA82
Subject: Transmission of Funds
Petitions: 2418-FA-3000-R
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 91; Present 82
For 82; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 29, 1988
Committee recommends nonconcur-
rence with petition 2418-FA-3000-R re-
questing a 30-day transmission period
for all funds designated to specific
projects.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
259* FA81
Subject: Upper Limits on
Conference Budget
Petitions: 2417-FA-3000-R
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 91; Present 82
For 82; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 29, 1988
Committee recommends nonconcur-
rence with petition 2417-FA-3000-R
which presents formulas to set the
upper limits on conference apportion-
ments to the local church.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Dat« /
260^
FA80
Subject: Editorial Correction for
NAESC •
Petitions: 1481-FA-722-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 91; Present 82
For 82; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 29, 1988
Committee recommends concurrence
with petition 1481-FA-722-D to correct
reference (Par . 710 . 1 . d) to (Par.
TlO.l.e) at the end of Par. 722.6.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
261* FA79
Subject: Annual Conference
Approval of Fimds Approved by
General Conference
Petitions: 2039-FA-912-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 91; Present 82
For 82; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 29, 1988
Committee recommends nonconcur-
rence with petition 2039-FA-912-D
which would require general church ap-
portionments approved by General Con-
ference to be subject to annual
conference approval.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
Subject: Establishing Limit to
Apportionment Raise
Petitions: 2010-FA-711-D, 2416-FA-3000-
R, 2431-FA-3000-R
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 91; Present 82
For 82; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 29, 1988
Committee recommends nonconcur-
rence with the following petitions:
#2010 which would set an apportion-
ment cap at 10% of most recent total of
expenses for program, other operating
expenses, and pastoral support.
#2431 which woiUd set an apportion-
ment cap at 10% of a church's total
170
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
April 30, 1988
budget and giving the annual conference
permission to request other offerings
#2415 Which would set an apportion-
ment cap at 25% of the total giving of
the past year less the amount paid for
building improvements.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
263* FA77
Subject: Equitable Salaries
Petitions: 963-FA-718-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 91; Present 82
For 82; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 29, 1988
The committee recommends noncon-
currence with petition 963-FA-718-D
which would change ealaiy to support
in several paragraphs of equitable
salaries section.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
264
HE29
Subject: Support of Conscientious
Objectors to Registration
Petitions: 626-HE-3000-R
Pages m Advance DCA: D-1-66
Membership 83; Present 74
For 73; Against 1; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
The following substitution is to
replace the petition 626-HE-3000-R as
printed in the Advance DCA.
The United Methodist Church
supports all persons who make
decisions of conscience in regard
to military service. The ministry
of the church is not limited to
those who conscientiously serve in
the armed forces of their nation. It
is also extended to those who, as a
matter of conscience, refuse to
serve in the armed forces, to
cooperate with systems of military
conscription, or to accept alternate
service. (Social Principles V.G.
XJMC and Peace V.2)
In order to demonstrate this ministry,
institutions of higher education af-
filiated with the various entities of The
United Methodist Church are expected
to affirm that participation in systems of
military conscription, including draft
registration, will not be considered a pre-
requisite to eligibility either for enroll-
ment, or for institutionally controlled
student aid funds.
Therefore be it resolved that the
General Conference of The United
Methodist Church encourage all United
Methodist institutions of higher educa-
tion to respect those students who con-
scientiously refuse to cooperate with the
draft registration and provide them
equal access to institutional financial aid
resources to which they may be entitled.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
265* MN
Subject: Par. 402.2
Petitions: 64-MN-402-D, 1306-MN-402-
D, 1967-MN-402-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-47
Membership 98; Present 89
For 82; Against 0; Not Voting 7
Date: April 28, 1988
The committee recommends noncon-
currence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
266* Lc
Subject: Amend Par. 256
Petitions: 1945-LC-256-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 94; Present 88
For 88; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
The committee recommends noncon-
currence. The purpose of this petition is
to provide for the elimination of the
Charge Conference in charges of only
one church.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
267* LC
Subject: Substsitute
Administrative Board for Charge
Conference
Petitions: 1949-LC-259-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 94; Present 88
For 88; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
The committee recommends noncon-
currence. The purpose of this petition i;
to provide for the elimination of the
Charge Conference in charges of only
one church.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
268* LC
Subject: Substitute Administrative
Board for Charge Conference
Petitions: 1950-LC-260-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 94; Present 88
For 88; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
Nonconcurrence
The purpose of this petition is to
provide for the elimination of the
Charge Conference in charges of only
one church.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
269'
Subject: Delete Par. 252
Petitions: 1941-LC-252-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 94; Present 88
For 88; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
Nonconcurrence.
The purpose of this petition is to
provide for the elimination of the
Charge Conference in charges of only
one church.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
270* LC
Subject: Substitute Administrative
Board for Charge Conference
Petitions: 1946-LC-258-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 94; Present 88
For 88; Against 0; Not Votmg
Date: April 28, 1988
Nonconcurrence.
The purpose of this petition is to
provide for the elimination of the
Charge Conference in charges of only
one church.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
271 LC
Subject: Responsibilities of Lay
Leader /
Petitions: 68-LC-251-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-34
Membership 94; Present 86
For 81; Against 3; Not Voting 2
Date: April 28, 1988
Concurrence.
Par. 251.1 Insert a new sub-paragraph
a) and renumber the remaining sub-
paragraphs.
a) Fostering awareness of the
role of laity both within the con-
gregation and through their mini-
stries in the home, work place,
community, and world and tinding
ways within the community of
faith to recognize all these mini-
stries.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
April 30, 1988
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
171
272'
LC
Subject: Responsibilities of Lay
Leader
Petitions: 682-LC-251-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-35
Membership 94; Present 84
For 83; Against 0; Not Voting 1
Date: April 28, 1988
Concurrence.
Par. 251.1. Add a new sub-paragraph
f)
f) Membership on the committee
on Nominations and Personnel and
Committee on Finance (See Par.
267.1, 267.3).
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
273^
LC
Subject: Charge Conference
Petitions: 572-LC-247-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-33
Membership 94; Present 88
For 88; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
The committee recommends concur-
rence. Amend Par. 247.3 as follows:
Beginning with line 3, mission and min-
istry of the church (Par. 201-204),
receive reports, and adopt objectives...
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
274* LC
Subject: Delete Par. 253
Petitions: 1942-LC-253-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 94; Present 88
For 88; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
The committee recommends noncon-
currence. The purpose of this petition is
to provide for the elimination of the
Charge Conference in charges of only
one chiu-ch.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
275*
LC
Subject: Substitute Administrative
Board for Charge Conference
Petitions: 1938-LC-249-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 94; Present 88
For 88; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
The committee recommends noncon-
currence. The purpose of this petition is
to provide for the elimination of the
Charge Conference in charges of only
one church.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
276* LC
Subject: Substitute Administrative
Board for Charge Conference
Petitions: 1940-LC-251-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 94; Present 88
For 88; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
The committee recommends noncon-
currence. The purpose of this petition is
to provide for the elimination of the
Charge Conference in charges of only
one church.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
277'
LC
Subject: Substitute Administrative
Board for Charge Conference
Petitions: 1948-LC-258-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 94; Present 88
For 88; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
The committee recommends noncon-
currence. The purpose of this petition is
to provide for the elimination of the
Charge Conference in charges of only
one church.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
278^
LC
Subject: Piupose for Uniting Local
Churches
Petitions: 2074-LC-2543-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 94 Present 79
For 77; Against 0; Not Voting 2
Date: April 28, 1988
Nonconcurrence in favor of 605-LC-
2543-D.
We therefore petition the General
(Conference to amend Par. 2543 to read
as follows:
2543. Two or more local churches, in
order to more effectively fulfill
their ministry (Par. 201-204), may
merge and become a single church...
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
279* FA62
Subject: Annual Conference's Right
to Set Policy on Number of Years a
Pastor Is Eligible for Equitable
Salaries
Petitions: 112-FA-722-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-75
Membership 91 Present 82
For 81; Against 0; Not Voting 1
Date: April 29, 1988
Committee recommends concurrence
with petition 112-FA-722-D as printed
' - C-75 of the Advance DCA.
onp
( ) Concurrence
( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
280 FA63
Subject: Clergy Couples
Petitions: 2250-FA-722-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 91; Present 82
For 81; Against 1; Not Voting
Date: AprU 29, 1988
Committee recommends nonconcur-
rence with petition 2250-FA-722-D
which would create a new paragraph
722.4 Clergy couples. Unlike the
provisions of Par. 659.6, it is not
the intent that either or both pas-
tors waive their claim on mini-
mum salaries.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
281 FA64 (Financial Ad-
ministration)
Subject: Chairs of Board of
Pension Ex Officio on CCFA
Petitions: 1427-FA-708-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 91; Present 82
For 82; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 29, 1988
Committee recommends nonconcur-
rence with petition 1427-FA-708-D re-
questing ex officio, without vote, seating
of chair or representative of board of
pensions on the CCFA.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
282
FA65
Subject: Conference Secretary Ex
Officio on CCFA Without Vote
Petitions: 526-FA-708-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 91; Present 82
For 82; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 29, 1988
Committee recommends nonconcur-
rence with petition 526-FA-708-D which
requested ex officio status without vote
for the conference secretary on the
CCFA.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
283* FA66
Subject: Optional CCFA
Petitions: 1773-FA-707-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
172
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
AprH 30, 1988
Membership 91; Present 82
For 82; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 29, 1988
The committee recommends noncon-
cmrence with petition 1773-FA-707-D
which would permit an optional con-
ference coimcil on finance and ad-
ministration in annual conferences.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
284* FA67
Subject: Apportionment Formulas
Petitions: 2173-FA-711-D, 2422-FA-3000-
R
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 91; Present 82
For 82; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 29, 1988
The committee voted nonconcurrence
with the following petitions 2173-FA-
711-D asking for apportionment formula
based on membership given in late sum-
mer or early fall. 2422-FA-3000-R asking
for apportionment formula based on the
income of a church, not its expenditures.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
285'
FA68
Subject: Racial/Ethnic Minority
Representation on Equitable
Salaries Commission
Petitions: 403-FA-722-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-74
Membership 91; Present 82
For 82; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 29, 1988
The committee recommends concur-
rence with petition 403-FA-722-D as
printed on page C-74 of the Advance
DCA with the insertion of the phrase "in-
sofar as possible" between "shall insure"
and "adequate representation" in the last
sentence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
286* Lc
Subject: Substitute Administrative
Board for Charge Conference
Petitions: 1937-LC-248-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 94; Present 88
For 88; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 28, 1988
Nonconcurrence
The purpose of this petition is to
provide for the elimination of the
Charge Conference in charges of only
one church.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
287 LC
Subject: Terms of Trustee
Petitions: 2069-LC-2529-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 94; Present 75
For 71; Agamst 3; Not Voting 1
Date: AprU 28, 1988
Concurrence
Proposed Paragraph 2529, Section 1
1. Within thirty days after the begin-
ning of the ensuing calendar or con-
ference year (whichever applies to
the term of office) each Board of Trus-
tee shall convene at a time and place
designated by the chairperson, or by the
vice-chairperson in the event that the
chairperson is not reelected a trustee or
because of absence or disabUity is unable
to act, for the purpose of electing of-
ficers of the said board for the ensuing
year and transacting any other business
properly brought before it.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
290
LC
288
LC
Subject: Eliminate Charge
Conference in Churches of Only
One Charge
Petitions: 1935-LC-247-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 94 Present 88
For 88; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 28, 1988
Committee recommends nonconcur-
rence.
The purpose of this petition is to
provide for the elimination of the
Charge Conference in charges of only
one church.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
289
LC
Subject: Substitute Administrative
Board for Charge Conference
Petitions: 1939-LC-250-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 94 Present 88
For 88; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 28, 1988
Committee recommends nonconcur-
rence.
The purpose of this petition is to
provide for the elimination of the
Charge Conference in charges of only
one church.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
Subject: Notification of
Apportionments
Petitions: 38-LC-247-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-33
Membership 94 Present 85
For 69; Against 16; Not Voting
Date: AprU 28, 1988
Committee recommends nonconoir-
rence.
This notification shaU include a com-
plete breakdown of the World Service,
Conference Benevolences and any other
apportionments, specifying the amounts
apportioned for each Board and Agency
of the Church and for each Fund and
each Benevolence being apportioned
Para. 247.14 as amended would then
read as follows:
As soon as practicable after the ses-
sion of Annual Conference, each district
superintendent or designate agent shall
notify each local church in the district
what amounts have been apportioned to
it for World Service and Conference
Benevolences. This notification
shall include a complete break-
down of the World Service Con-
ference Benevolences and any
other apportionments, specifying
the amounts apportioned for each
Board and Agency of the Church
and for each Fund and each
Benevolence being apportioned.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
291 LC
Subject: Include Veteran Holidays
on Calendars Printed by
The UM Publishing House
Petitions: 349-LC-3000-R
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 94 Present 87
For 87; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 28, 1988
Committee recommends nonconcur-
rence.
All calendars printed by The
United Methodist Publishing
House include the following
veteran holidays: Loyalty Day, May
1, Armed Forces Day, 3rd Saturday
in May; Memorial Day, 4th Monday
in May; Flag Day, June 14; Indepen-
dence Day, July 4; Veterans Day,
November 11.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
April 30, 1988
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
173
292
LC
Subject: Definition of Lay Leader
Petitions: 1438-LC-251D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 94 Present 86
For 86; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
Ck)nimittee recommends nonconcur-
rence.
251.1 The lay leader is the person
elected by the Charge Conference, and
no person shall be eligible for elec-
tion who is not a layperson as
defined in 801.3c). The lay leader
shall have the following responsibilities:
251.2 The lay member(s) of the Annual
Conference and one or more alternates
shall be elected annually or quadrennial-
ly as the Annual Conference directs,
and no person shall be eligible for
election who is not a layperson as
defined in 801.3c).
( ) Concurrence { ) Nonconcurrence Date /
293
LC
Subject: Church Lay Leader
Member of Annual Conference
Petitions: 442-LC-251-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 94; Present 86
For 84; Against 1; Not Voting 1
DateiApril 28, 1988
Nonconcurrence.
Amend the Book of Discipline of The
United Methodist Church by adding to
Par. 251.1 a (Church Lay Leaders) the
following:
"In order to assist and facilitate
in the interpretation of these ac-
tions and programs it is recom-
mended that the Church Lay
Leader also be the Lay Member to
Annual Conference;"
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
294'
LC
Subject: Deeding Church Property
to a Federated Church
Petitions: 607-LC-2545-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-125
Membership 94; Present 82
For 82; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
Nonconcurrence.
Amend par. 2545.1 beginning with
line 1 as follows:
When a local church no longer
serves the purpose for which it was
organized and incorporated (Par.
201-204), with the consent of presiding
bishop....
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
295
LC
Subject: Merging Local Churches
Petitions: 605-LC-2543-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-125
Membership 94; Present 78
For 68; Against 10; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
Concurrence.
Amend par. 2543 beginning at line 1
as follows:
Two or more local churches, in order
to more effectively fulfill their min-
istry (Par. 201-204), may merge and
become....
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
296* FM9
Subject: Use of Inclusive Language
in the Church
Petitions: 1328-FM-3000-D
Pages in Advance DCA: Not Printed in
DCA
Membership 90; Present 83
For 83; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 27, 1988
Nonconcurrence.
"Holy Scripture makes frequent
reference to Clod as He, Him and
Father. Jesus, Himself spoke of His
Father in Heaven. At no time does Scrip-
ture refer to God as she, her or mother
god. Therefore, the use of "inclusive lan-
guage" in prayers, music, liturgy, ser-
mons, teachings and printed materials is
incompatible with Scripture."
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
297
C012
Subject: Persons Seated at Annual
Conference Without Vote
Petitions: 543-CO-701-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-69
Membership 83; Present 68
For 62; Against 5; Not Voting 1
Date: 4-28-88
The committee recommends concur-
rence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
298 HE39
Subject: Schools of Theology
Petitions: 423-HE-1500-D
Pages m Advance DCA: C-114
Membership 83; Present 70
For 65; Against 5; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
Recommend referral to GBHEM
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
299 HE36
Subject: Foundational Courses
Petitions: 1357-HE-3000-R$
Pages in Advance DCA: Not printed
Membership 83; Present 70
For 67; Against 2; Not Voting 1
Date: April 28, 1988
Recommend concurrence as amended;
resolution to read: BE IT RESOLVED
that the United Methodist seminaries be
encouraged to develop an accessible
geographically dispersed method for the
delivery of the foundational courses, in a
manner responsive to the needs of per-
sons presently engaged in diaconal min-
istry, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that
the Board of Higher Education and Mini-
stry consider making make funds
available to the United Methodist semi-
naries to assist in the development of
such methods of delivery of required
foundational (
) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
300
IJ23
Subject: Establishment of
Commission on Persons with
Handicapping Conditions
Petitions: 376-IJ-3000-R$
Pages in Advance DCA: D-2-17
Membership 72; Present 54
For 52; Against 0; Not Voting 2
Date: AprU 28, 1988
Nonconcurrence
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
301
FA69
Subject: Reporting of Salary
Support
Petitions: 2012-FA-724-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 91; Present 82
For 81; Against 1; Not Voting
Date: AprU 29, 1988
Committee recommends nonconcur-
rence with petition 2012-FA-724-D
which would require reporting of equi-
table salary, mission support, eta in the
annual conference journal in a colunm
adjacent to pastor's salaiy.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
174
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
April 30, 1988
302
FA70
Subject: Deletion of Extra Material
from National Association of
Commissions on Equitable Salaries
Petitions: 1484-FA-907-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 91; Present 82
For 81; Against 1; Not Voting
Date: April 29, 1988
Ck)mmittee recommends conairrence
with petition 1484-FA-907-D which
deletes the last two sentences of
paragraph 907. 13.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
303* FA71
Subject: Mandatory Reporting of
Professional Expense (Travel, Etc.)
Petitions: 506-FA-724-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 91; Present 82
For 82; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 29, 1988
Committee recommends nonconcur-
rence with petition 506-FA-724-D re-
questing that (1) professional expenses
be reimbursed only by voucher, (2)
amoimts for professional expense not be
included in salary considerations, and
(3) housing expenses be separated from
salary totals and be paid by local church.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
304^
FA72
Subject: World Service and
Conference Benevolences Added
Together If Voted by Annual
Conference
Petitions: 1640-FA-710-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 91 Present 82
For 82; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 29, 1988
Committee recommends nonconcur-
rence with petition 1640-FA-710-D
which proposes an annual conference op-
tion of putting World Service and Con-
ference Benevolences together, or as
sin^e budget item.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
305* FA73
Subject: Optional Committee on
Equitable Salaries
Petitions: 1175-FA-722-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 91; Present 82
For 82; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 29, 1988
Committee recommends nonconcur-
rence with petition 1775-FA-722-D to
change ekeH to may in Par. 722 and
others to make an equitable salaries
commission optional in an annual con-
ference.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
306* FA74
Subject: District CFA
Petitions: 260-FA-700-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 91; Present 82
For 82; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 29, 1988
Committee recommends nonconcur-
rence with petition 260-FA-700-D which
would create a new Par. 748 permitting
districts to establish district CFAs for ac-
countability.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
307* FA57
Subject: Episcopal Residence
Committee
Petitions: 1140-FA-735-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-83
Membership 91; Present 80
For 80; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 29, 1988
Committee recommends concurrence
with Petition 1140-FA-735-D as printed
on p. C-83 of the Advance DCA with the
errata printed on p. 24 of the DCA.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
308* MN
Subject: Appointment of District
Superintendent
Petitions: 1862-MN-517-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 98; Present 82
For 82; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
Re: Par. 517, add an elder shall not
be appointed as district superinten-
dent over the district in which
he/she has most recently served.
The committee recommends noncon-
currence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
309* MN
Subject: Supervision of Mission
Site
Petitions: 479-MN-519-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 98; Present 87
For 87; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
An addition to Par. 519:
and where a mission site has be-
come established by the National
Division at a church(es) the
pastor's additional responsibility
be discussed and supervised.
The committee recommends noncon-
currence in favor of present Discipline.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
310* uii
Subject: Request for Declaratoiy
Decision re: Par. 2625.3
Petitions: 1826
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 72; Present 62
For 62; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
Concurrence with the following
amendment:
The General Conference hereby peti-
tions the Judicial Council for a declara-
tory decision as to the meaning of Par.
2625.3 of the 1984 Discipline including
all the concerns and questions expressed
in petition 1826 and requests a decision
at this General Conference in sufTicient
time for remedial legislation if necessary.
PETITION TO
THE 1988 GENERAL CON-
FERENCE OF THE UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH
PETITION TO THE JUDICIAL
COUNCIL FOR A DECLARATORY
DECISION AS TO THE HEARING, AP-
PLICATION, OR EFFECT OF SEC-
TION 2625.3 OF THE 1984
DISCIPLINE
There are tmcertainties with respect
to this sub = paragraph that should be
clarified.
1) Is it correctly printed in the present
Discipline? It contains a drastic change
from the 1980 printing which the Daily
Christian Advocate of the 1984 General
Conference does not show to have been
adopted. The sub-section relates to Juris-
dictional and Central Conference Courts
of Appeals (which, under the (institu-
tion Par. 25.6 and 29.7, probably should
be called committees on appeals). The
last sentence as printed, with the chan-
ges from the 1980 Discipline underlined,
reads as follows:
"The court (sic) shall elect its own
president and secretary and adopt its
own rules of procedures, and its
decisions shall be final, except that an
appeal may be taken to the Judicial
Coimcil only upon questions of law re-
lated to procedures of the Judicial Court
April 30, 1988
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
175
(sic) of Appeals, or under the provisions
of Par. 2614".
Such changes, if validly adopted, ap-
pear drastically to limit, and for practi-
cal purposes virtually eliminate, the
authority of the Judicial Council to
review trials of ministerial members
within the jurisdictions, though, by tech-
nical construction, not relating to trials
of local pastors, diaconal ministers, or
ministerial members of annual or
provisional annual conferences of
central conferences, who impliedly are
left without any appeal right.
The Judicial Council should first be
asked to determine whether the amend-
ment actually was adopted. The 1984 Ad-
vance Daily Christian Advocate at pp.
F- 148- 149 shows such an amendment
was proposed by the Board of Higher
Education and Ministry. Report No. 206
of the Committee on Administrative
Order and Independent Commissions,
Calendar No. 1312 at pp. 649-650 ap-
pears to deal with the proposal (though
it refers only to petitions AD- 1525 and
1548 and not to the Advance DCA). It
covers many other proposals of F-148-
149, but with respect to Par. 2625 refers
only to Par. 2625.1(g) and renumbering
the following three sub-paragraphs.
There is no mention of any change in
Par. 2625.3.
The report of the debate on Calendar
No. 1312 at pp. 796-798 of the Daily
Christian Advocate contains no
reference to paragraph 2625.3. Does not
the General (Conference act only upon
matters brought before it through calen-
dar items?
2) The Judicial Coimcil should be
asked to determine whether the trial of
a local pastor or diaconal minister may
be appealed to a Jurisdictional or
(Central Conference committee on, or
(Dourt of, Appeals. The heading of the
sub = paragraph, "Appeal of a Ministerial
Member of an Annual Conference, Local
Pastor or Diaconal Minister", suggests
an afTirmative answer to the question,
but are headings in the Discipline only
editorial additions by the publishing
house rather than legislation adopted by
the General Conference? The sub-
sequent provision for including local pas-
tors or diaconal ministers as members of
such committees or courts, and referen-
ces to local pastors and diaconal mini-
sters as appellants, would also seem to
indicate an affirmative answer, yet the
grant of authority is limited to "power to
hear and determine appeals of mini-
sterial members taken from any annual
conference wthin the jurisdiction."
3) The Judicial Council should be
asked to determine whether a trial of a
ministerial member of a missionary con-
ference or of an annual conference or
provisional annual conference of a
Central conference committee on, or
Court of. Appeals. The heading of the
sub = paragraph as presently printed
refers to a ministerial member of an an-
nual conference which would seem to
suggest that annual conferences of both
jurisdictions and central conferences are
intended to be included, but when
authority is granted to the committee or
court the reference is only to an annual
conference within a jurisdiction, which
might be construed to execute annual
conferences or provisional annual con-
ferences of the central conferences, and
there is no mention of ministerial mem-
bers of the missionary conferences.
4) The petition can ask the Judicial
Council to determine whether counsel
or the church has the right to appeal or
cross-appeal, either to the Jurisdictional
or Central Conference Committee on, or
Court of, Appeals or to the Judicial
Council. The subparagraph speaks only
of appeals of ministerial members,
though on occasion cross-appeals have
been taken by counsel for the church. A
related question is the effect or extent of
an appeal by counsel for the church. In
many jurisdictions the state or crown
may appeal from an acquittal. The ap-
peal, however, can result only in
clarification of a point of law and serve
as a precedent for subsequent trials.
Under the principle of double jeopardy
one who has been acquitted may not be
tried again for the same offense, even
though an appellate court decides the ac-
quittal resulted from serious error in the
trial court.
5) The Judicial Council should be peti-
tioned to determine whether this sub-
paragraph, with or without the
questionable 1984 amendment, limits
the jurisdiction of the Judicial Council
in connection with such appeals strictly
to questions of law, despite the general
provision of Par. 2625. Kg) giving appel-
late courts (which would seem intended
to include the Judicial Council),
authority to determine whether the
weight of the evidence sustains the
charge or charges. In at least some juris-
dictions, questions as to the weight of
the evidence, or even the manifest
weight of the evidence, are considered
questions of fact or perhaps mixed ques-
tions of fact and law, but not strictly
questions of law.
Other petitions will propose amend-
ments to Par. 2625.3 relating to these
questions, but if a declaratory decision is
sought and obtained from the Judicial
Council reasonably early in the 1988
General Conference, it will be much
easier to decide which changes need, or
at least ought, to be made. Such a
decision probably would also be very
helpful to the legislative commmittee in
determining the language of any amend-
ments the committee decides to recom-
mend.
Respectfully submitted,
Leonard D. Slutz, member of the
Hyde Park Community UMC, Cincin-
nati, Ohio, West Ohio Annual (Con-
ference
) Concurrence ( ) Ni
Dat« /
311
IJ20
Subject: $250,000 for Native
American History from Archives
and History
Petitions: 2553-IJ-3000-R$
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 72; Present 54
For 54; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
Concur; with amendment:
to delete funding and refer to Ar-
chives and History.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
312'
IJ36
Subject: Composition of Annual
Conference Commission on
Religion and Race
Petitions: 408-U-739-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-83
Membership 72; Present 62
For 61; Against 0; Not Voting 1
Date: AprU 28, 1988
Concurrence with the following
amendment:
Delete: poreone ovor 66
Add in its place: older adults
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
313'
U35
Subject: General Commission on
Communication
Petitions: 895-IJ-1905-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-117
Membership 72; Present 54;
For 54; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
Concurrence
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
176
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
AprU 30, 1988
314'
U34
Subject: Additions to Historic
Slirines and Landmarks
Petitions: 865-IJ-1812-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-117
Membership 72; Present 54
For 54; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
Concurrence
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
315
IJ32
Subject: Historic Shrines, Historic
Landmarks, and Historic
Sites-Remove Term "National"
Petitions: 863-IJ-1812-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-117
Membership 72; Present 63
For 57; Against 6; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
Concurrence
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
316
IJ33
Subject: Responsibilities
Connected With Historic Shrines,
Historic Landmarks, and Historic
Sites
Petitions: 864-IJ-1812-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-117
Membership 72; Present 54
For 53; Against 1; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
Committee recommends nonconcur-
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
317^
U31
Subject: Officers of Historical
Society
Petitions: 862-IJ-1810-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-117
Membership 72; Present 54
For 54; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
Committee recommends concurrence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
318'
IJ30
Subject: Conference Commission
on Archives and History and its
Work
Petitions: 799-IJ-737-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-83
Membership 72; Present 54
For 54; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 28, 1988
Committee recommends concurrence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
319* IJ29
Subject: Permanent Easter Sunday
Petitions: 434-U-3000-M
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 72; Present 54
For 54; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
Committee recommends nonconcur-
rence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
320* IJ28
Subject: Establish a Permanent
Christmas Sunday
Petitions: 433-IJ-3000-M
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 72; Present 54
For 54; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
Committee recommends nonconcior-
rence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
321=
IJ27
Subject: U.M. Television Ministry
Petitions: 378-IJ-3000-R
Pages in Advance DCA: D-2-18
Membership 72; Present 54
For 54; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 28, 1988
Concurrence with referral to General
Commission on Commimication.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
322
IJ26
Subject: Establish Commission on
Alcohol and Drug Concerns
Petitions: 377-IJ-3000-R$
Pages in Advance DCA: D-2-18
Membership 72; Present 54
For 54; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 28, 1988
Nonconcurrence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
323* IJ25
Subject: Membership of the
General Commission on Archives
and History
Petitions: 861-IJ-1804-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-117
Membership 72; Present 54
For 54; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 28, 1988
Concurrence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
324* 024
Subject: Remove Secretary of
General Conference from Archives
and History
Petitions: 359-U-1804-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 72; Present 54
For 54; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 28, 1988
Nonconcurrence, cared for by petition
861.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
325* IJ22
Subject: 500th Anniversary of
Christopher Columbus
Petitions: 660-IJ-3000-R
Pages in Advance DCA: D-2-14
Membership 72; Present 54
For 54; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 28, 1988
Nonconcurrence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
326* IJ21
Subject: Creation of a Cominission
on Drugs and Alcohol
Petitions: 2551-U-3000-R
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 72; Present 54
For 54; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 28, 1988
Committee recommends nonconcur-
rence and refer to General Board of
Church and Society with a deep concern
that this matter receive high priority.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
327* IJ37
Subject: Conference Commission
on Religion and Race
Petitions: 127-IJ-739-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-83
Membership 72; Present 63
For 63; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 28, 1988
Committee recommends nonconcur-
rence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
328 IJ41
Subject: District Directors of
Religion and Race; District
Committees
Petitions: 409-IJ-700-D
AprU 30, 1988
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
177
Pages in Advance DCA: C-85
Membership 72; Present 62
For 55; Against 6; Not Voting 1
Date: April 28, 1988
Committee recommends concurrence
as amended:
Change me^ to shall; delete AlsO) as
appropriate
( ) Concurrence ( ) Ni
Date /
329* IJ38
Subject: Conference Commission
on Religion and Race
Petitions: 128-IJ-739-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-84
Membership 72; Present 63
For 63; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
Committee recommends nonconcur-
rence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
330^
IJ19
Subject: UMCom to Develop a
Communications Plan to Honor
Oral Tradition of Native Americans
Petitions: 2060-IJ-1906-D
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 72; Present 54
For 53; Against 0; Not Voting 1
Date: April 28, 1988
Committee recommends concurrence
with referral to General Commission on
Communication.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
331'
IJ40
Subject: Conference Commission
on Religion and Race
Petitions: 171-IJ-739-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-84
Membership 72; Present 63
For 63; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
Nonconcurrence
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
332'
IJ39
Subject: Membership of
Conference Commission on
Religion and Race
Petitions: 1113-IJ-739-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-84
Membership 72; Present 63
For 63; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
Nonconcurrence
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
333* IJ42
Subject: Conference Commission
on Religion and Race
Petitions: 130-IJ-739-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-84
Membership 72; Present 64
For 64; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
Concurrence
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
334
FMIO
Subject: Study on How to Involve
Entire Church in Communicating
Christian Beliefs
Petitions: 1490-FM-3000-S$
Pages in Advance DCA: Not printed in
Advance DCA
Membership 90; Present 77
For 77; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 27, 1988
Nonconcurrence
I, Donald R. Rodgers, a member of
North Bethesda UMC in Bethesda,
Maryland, do, hereby petition the 1988
General Conference of The United
Methodist Church to initiate a study
which will determine and implement
what is deemed to be the most practical
process for involving the entire church
in an ongoing effort to articulate peri-
odically as clearly as possible and com-
municate as widely as possible who we
are as Christians, what our expectations
of the future are, and how we intend to
realize those expectations.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
335^
FMll
Subject: Biblical Faith and
Practices in the Wesleyan Spirit
Petitions: 1691-FM-3000-R
Pages in Advance DCA: Not Printed in
DCA
Membership 90; Present 85
For 85; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 27, 1988
Nonconcurrence
I charge the General Conference to
adopt resolutions clearly stating the fol-
lowing convictions which I believe to be
in harmony with biblical faith and prac-
tice in the Wesleyan spirit:
1. A dear affirmation of the primacy
of Scripture in the 1988 Book of Dis-
cipline of The United Methodist Church.
2. The preservation of the traditional
language of historic Christianity that
refers to the Trinity as "Father, Son and
Holy Spirit."
3. The cm-rent prohibition of the or-
dination of practicing homosexuals in
the United Methodist Church. In sum-
mary, I fully affirm the statement regard-
ing these issues known as "The Houston
Declaration."
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
ODD FM13
Subject: Against Houston
Declaration
Petitions: 1817-FM-3000-R
Pages in Advance DCA: Not printed in
DCA; see text below
Membership 90; Present 85
For 85; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 27, 1988
The committee recommends noncon-
currence.
"I am against the Houston Declaration
and its narrow view of the following:
The ordination of homosexuals, which
can be seen as nothing less than class
discrimination,
"The mandating of the traditional use
of the Trinitarian name during ordina-
tion,
"The primacy of Scripture at the loss
of our quadrUateral emphasis."
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
337^
FM14
Subject: Include Conclusions of
Houston Declaration
Petitions: 1829-FM-69-D
Pages in Advance DCA: Not printed in
DCA
Membership 90; Present 85
For 85; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 27, 1988
The committee recommends noncon-
currence.
Include in The Book of Discipline of
The United Methodist Church in 69. Sec-
tion 3, Our Theological Task, the con-
clusions of the Houston Declaration of
December 15, 1987, that reaffirms:
1. The PRIMACY OF SCRIPTURE,
2. The traditional language that refers
to the TRINITY as "FATHER, SON and
HOLY SPIRIT," and
3. The United Methodist Church's
ban against ordination of practicing
homosexuals.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
OOO FM15
Subject: Retain Portions of Par. 69
Petitions: 3-FM-69-D
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Pages in Advance DCA: Not printed in
DCA; see text below
Membership 90; Present 85
For 85; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
The committee recommends noncon-
currence.
"Be it resolved that the 1988 General
Conference of The United Methodist
Church retain, without alteration or sub-
stitution, the paragraphs under the head-
ings. Doctrinal Guidelines in The United
Methodist Church, Scripture, Tradition,
Experience, Reason, and These
Guidelines in Interaction, on pp. 78-81,
Par. 69, 'Our Theological Task', found in
The Book of Discipline, 1984."
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
339 FM16
Subject: Substitute for Ecumenical
Commitment Section of CTTK
Report
Petitions: 1341-FM-69-D
Pages in Advance DCA: Not printed in
DCA; see text below
Membership 90; Present 85
For 85; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
The committee recommends noncon-
currence.
"Christian unity is founded on the
theological xmderstanding that in our
baptism, we are made members-in-com-
mon of the one Body of Christ. Visible
Christian unity, therefore, is not an op-
tion or a "search"; it is a gift to be
received and expressed.
"As United Methodists, we are firmly
committed to Christian unity at local,
national, and world levels. The United
Methodist Church actively supports the
ways by which mutual recognition of
churches, of members, and of ministries
may lead us into sharing in Holy Com-
munion with all of God's people. Our
local congregations have a rich ex-
perience of common projects and
programs. Many state councils of chur-
ches value United Methodists for taking
m^or leadership roles and assuming
fmancial responsibility. The United
Methodist Church is an influential mem-
ber of the World Council of Churches,
the National Coimcil of the Churches of
Christ in the U.S.A., the Consultation
on Church Union, and the World
Methodist Council. Bilateral dialogues
with other communions at both the na-
tional and international level challenge
participants to probe our own traditions
and to engage with those of others.
Ecumenical convergences and consensus
statements are leading to the healing of
age-old divisions and to the renewal of
the church in unity and mission. We see
the Holy Spirit at work in all the ways
that unity among us in theology and ac-
tion is becoming more visible.
"Principles of Christian unity also
apply to relationships between Chris-
tians tmd those persons of other living
faiths. In our interreligious relationships
we seek to be loving neighbors as we ex-
press our own witness. Such encounters
require us to reflect anew on our faith
and seek prayerful guidance for oxir en-
counter with our neighbors of other
faiths. We then rediscover that the God
who acted in Jesus Christ for the salva-
tion of the whole world is also the
Creator of all humankind, the One who
is "above all and though all and in all."
(Ephesians 4:6) Indeed, we are people
boimd together on one planet and see
the need for a self-critical view of the
Christian tradition and accurate ap-
preciation of other living faiths. In these
encoimters, our aim is not some lowest
common denominator of religious agree-
ment, but the development of relation-
ships of respect and mutuality between
people.
"We labor together with the help of
God toward the salvation, health, and
peace of the global family. In conversa-
tions and cooperation, we confess our
Christian faith wherever we are and
strive to display the manner in which
Jesus Christ is the life and hope of the
world.'
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Jesus Christ, the covenant community,
and God's world."
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
340
FM17
Subject: Our Theological Task
Petitions: 2096-FM-69-D
Pages in Advance DCA: Not Printed in
DCA
Membership 90; Present 85
For 85; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
Nonconcurrence.
Keep "Our Theological Task" state-
ment in its present form (thereby reject-
ing the Report from the Commission on
Our Theological Task.
Add one sentence to the end of the
first paragraph in the "Conclusion"
(present p. 85), following the sentence
"...mark out the broad boundaries of our
endeavor."
"This is the essential -'method' of
United Methodism~a careful, joyous,
deliberate, and identified process in
responding to God's self disclosure in-
341
FM18
Subject: Retain Paragraph 67
Petitions: 2093-FM-67-D
Pages in Advance DCA: Not Printed in
DCA
Membership 90; Present 85
For 85; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 29, 1988
Nonconcurrence.
We petition that the present doctrinal
statement in the Discipline (paragraphs
67-69) be retained and not replaced by
the recommendationof the Committee
on Our Theological Task.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
342* FM12
Subject: Prinicpal Factors of our
Faith
Petitions: 1491-FM-3000-R
Pages in Advance DCA: Not Printed in
DCA
Membership 90; Present 85
For 85; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 27, 1988
Nonconcurrence.
Be it resolved that the Administrative
Board of First United Methodist
Church, Lafayette, Louisana go on
record as favoring the primacy of Scrip-
ture; traditional use of Father, Son and
Holy Spirit, and an absolute ban on ac-
cepting applications of candidates for
ministry and ordination of any avowed
practicing homosexual.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
343
GA28
Subject: Ongoing Priority
Petitions: 134-GA-803-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-86
Membership 82; Present 73
For 47; Against 24; Not Voting 2
Date: April 29, 1988
Concurrence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
344 GA27
Subject: General Agency
Membership
Petitions: 135-GA-805-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-87
Membership 82; Present 79
For 51; Against 27; Not Voting 1
April 30, 1988
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
179
Date: AprU 27, 1988
Concurrence
Rationale: This legislation insures
that aU additional members to the
general agencies would have the endorse-
ment of their respective annual con-
ferences. It maintains the linkage and
accountability between general agencies
and the annual conferences.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
344
GA27 (Minority Report)
Subject: General Agency
Membership
Petitions: 135-GA-805-D
Pages in Advance DCA: C-87
Memership 82; Present 79
For 51; Against 27; Not Voting 1
Date: April 29, 1988
Takayuki Ishii; Pataricia Hammer,
Presenter
Minority Report for Paragraph 805.3b
Add at the end of paragraph 805.3b:
Episcopal and additional members, if
any of the general agencies listed in
805.3a shall be nominated and elected
by the procedures specified inthe
paragraphs listed in 805.3a. The agen-
cies shall consider, but not bo limited to ,
name forward to them by the jurisdic-
tions as having been nominated by the
Annual and Missionary Conferences in
the United States and Puerto Rico but
not elected by the Jurisdictional Con-
ferences to general agency membership.
Additional names may be con-
sidered in order to perfect the rep-
resentation as provided in 805.2d,
including these categories:
a) persons with special knowledge or
background which will aid in the work
of the agency;
b) race/ethnicity;
c) age (youth, young adult, older
adult);
d) persons with handicapping condi-
tions;
e) geographical diversity;
f) gender;
g) theological diversity;
h) small membership churches.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
345 Dii
Subject: Hymnal Revision
Committee Report including
Corrigenda
Petitions: 529-DI-3000-R
Pages in Advance DCA: 1-1210
Membership 116; Present 99
For 99; Against 0; Not Voting
Committee recommends concurrence
with the following amendments:
Subject: Hymns
Amendment 1
Pages in Report of the Hymnal Revision
Committee to the 1988 General Con-
ference: 133-913
Add "I Danced in the Morning"
("Lord of the Dance")
Subject: Psalter
Amendment 2
Pages in Report of the Hymnal Revision
Committee to the 1988 General Con-
ference: 914-1061
Move to approve the section of Peti-
tion 529 designated United Methodist
Liturgical Psalter (pp. 914-10621) with
one qualification: that the third person
mascidine singular possessive pronoun
in reference to God be restored in these
Psalm verses:
Ps. 3:4, 1 ay aloud to the Lord who
answers me from his holy hill.
Ps. 20:6, Now I know that the Lord
will help his anointed, and will answer
him from his holy heaven. With mighty
victories by the Lord's right hand.
Ps. 22:31, And proclaim his
deliverance to a people yet unborn that
the Lord has wrought it.
Ps. 27:5, The Lord will hide me in his
shelter in the day of trouble, will conceal
me under the cover of his tent, and will
set me high upon a rock.
Ps. 28:8, the saving refuge of his
anointed.
Ps. 29:2, Ascribe to the Lord the glory
of his name;
Ps. 29:9, The voice of the Lord makes
the oaks to whirl, and strips the forests
bare; and in his temple all cry, "Glory!"
29:11, May the Lord give strength to
his people! May the Lord bless his
people with peace!
Ps. 30:4, Sing praises to the Lord, O
you his saints, and give thanks to his
holy name.
Ps. 34:9, O fear the Lord, you his holy
ones, for those who fear (jod have no
want!
34:22, The Lord redeems the life of
his servants; none of those who take
refuge in (iod will be condemned.
Ps. 35:27, "Great is the Lord, who
delights in the welfare of his servants."
Ps. 42:8, ~"By day the Lord com-
mands his steadfast love; and at night
God's song is with me, a prayer to the
(iodofmylife.
Ps. 47:8, God reigns over the nations;
God sits on his holy throne.
Ps. 57:3c, God will send forth his
steadfast love and faithfulness.
Ps. 66:20, Blessed by God, who has
not rejected my prayer or removed his
steadfast love from me.
Ps. 78:32, They did not believe in his
wonders,
Ps. 85:8, Let me hear what God will
speak, for the Lord will speak peace to
his people, to his saints, to those who
turn to the Lord in their hearts.
Ps. 91:4, and will cover you with his
pinions;
91:11, For God will give his angels
charge over you.
Ps. 94:14, For the Lord will not for-
sake his people; and will not abandon
his heritage.
Ps. 96: 13, The Lord will judge the
world with righteousness, and the
peoples with his truth.
Ps. 97:3, Fire goes before the Lord,
and burns up his adversaries round
about.
97:10, The Lord loves those who hate
evil, preserves the lives of his saints.
Ps. 98:2, The Lord has declared vic-
tory, and has revealed his vindication in
the sight of the nations.
98:3, The Lord has remembered his
steadfast love and faithfulness.
Ps. 99:9, Extol the Lord our God, and
worship at his holy mountain.
PS. 102:16, For the Lord will build up
Zion, and will appear in his glory.
102:19, That the Lord looked down
from his holy height.
Ps. 103:18, to those who keep his
covenant and remember to do his com-
mandments.
Ps. 104:3 1, May the glory of the Lord
endure forever, may the Lord rejoice in
his works.
Ps. 105:4, Seek the Lord and his
strength,
105:8, The Lord is mindful of his
everlasting covenant,
105:9, the covenant made with
Abraham, his promise sworn to Isaac,
Ps. 106.8, God saved them for the
sake of his holy name,
106:23, Therefore the Lord intended
to destroy them had not Moses, his
chosen one,
Ps. 107:8, Let them thank the Lord
for his steadfast love, for his wonderful
works to humankind.
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Ps. 111:4, who has caused his wonder-
ful works to be remembered,
111:5, The Lord provides food for
those who are faithful and is ever mind-
ful of hi8 covenant.
111:6, The Lord has shown his people
the power of his works,
111:9, The Lord sends his people the
power of his works,
Ps. 116.2, and has inclined his ear to
me whenever I called.
116:14, 1 will pay my vows to the Lord
in the presence of all his people.
116:15, Precious in the sight of the
Lord is the death of his people.
Ps. 125:2, so the Lord is round about
his people.
Ps. 135:14, For the Lord will vindicate
his people, and have compassion on his
servants.
Ps. 145:9, The Lord is good to all, his
compassion is over all his creation.
Ps. 148:2, Praise the Lord, all his an-
gels, praise the Lord all his hosts!
148:14, God has raised up a horn for
his people, praise for all his saints.
Ps. 150:1, Praise God in his
sanctuary; praise God in his mighty fir-
mament.
150:2, Praise God for his mighty
deeds; praise God for his exceeding
Subject: Word and Table
Amendment 3
Pages in Report of the Hymnal Revision
Committee to the 1988 General Con-
ference: 77-107
p. 84 and p.88 CONFESSION AND
PARDON
Delete: Merciful God, we confess that
often wo have failed to bo an obodiont
and substitute: Merciful God, we con-
fess that we have not loved you with
our whole heart. We have failed to
be an obedient church.
Amendment 4
p. 101 Confession should be amended
as follows:
line 2, maker of aU things, judge of all
delete men and substitute people.
Subject: Baptism
Amendment 5
t Danced in the
Morning (Lord of the Dance)
In a strung two
danced in the morn-ing when the world was be ■ gun, ;
danced for the scribe and the phar - i ■ see, t
danced on the Sab bath when I cured the lame,
danced on a Fri ■ day and the sky turned black
cut me down and I leapt up high.
danced
they
noon
would not dance
ly peo
to dance
and the stars
and they would n
pie said
with the dev -
that - 'II nev • (
was a shame,
on your back,
They
They
whipped and they stripped and they hung
bur ■ ied my bod • y and they thought
live in you if you'll live
lead you all wherever you may be, and I'll lead you all in the Dance, said he.
WORDS; Sydney an.
MUSIC: Adapt, fiom 19lh cent. Shaker sources by Sydney Carter. 1963
© Copyright 1963 by Calliard. Ltd.. AU nghts reserved.
Reprinted by permission of Galaxy Munc Corp.. NY., sole U. S. agent.
AprU 30, 1988
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
181
Pages in Report of the Hymnal Revision
Committee to the 1988 General Con-
ference: 108-132
p. 108 Add to text following last line
of page
When it is necessary to shorten
the service, at least sections 3, 4, 7,
and 8 are used.
Amendment 6
Amend the text on page 109:
THE BAPTISMAL COVENANT IH is
a traditional text from the ritual of
the former Methodist Church and
the former Evangelical United
Brethren Church.
Delete the following nine lines.
Amendment 7
p. 109, Add the following text:
Other approved services are
found in The Book of Ritual of the
Evangelical United Brethren
Church (1959) pages 7-11 and 28-33
and The Book of Worship for
Church and Home of The
Methodist Church (1965) pages 7-14.
Amendment 8
p. 109, Add to the text the following:
The material marked by brackets
[ ] is optional and may be omitted
fi-om the service (p. 112, 118, 129).
Amendment 9
p. 110, 117, 128
INTRODUCTION TO THE SERVICE
Delete boliovore and thoir housoholdB
and substitute we.
Amendment 10
p. 110, 117, 128
RENUNCIATION OF SIN AND
PROFESSION OF FAITH
Delete Do you rqjoct the spiritual for
co s of wickodnosB , rojoct the ovil powers
of this world, and the bondag e of s in?
and substitute: Do you renounce
the spiritual forces of wickedness,
reject the evil powers of this world,
and repent of your sin?
Amendment 11
p. Ill and 118
Delete To respond to God' s grace
and substitute: to accept God's
grace for themselves.
Amendment 12
117
BAPTISMAL COVENANT U
Add the following numbering system:
1) The pastor makes the follow-
ing statement to the congregation.
2) A representative of the congrega-
tion presents the candidates.
3) The pastor addresses parents or
other sponsors.
page 118
4) The pastor addresses the con-
gregation.
5) The pastor addresses all.
p. 119
6) The water may be poured into
the font...
p. 120
7) As each candidate is baptized...
8) When all candidates have been bap-
tized...
9) The pastor addresses the congrega-
tion.
Amendment 13
p. 117
Add to the text as a second rubric at
the top of the page: When it is neces-
sary to shorten the service, at least
sections 3, 4, 7, and 8 are used.
Amendment 14
p. 121
Add to the text at the end: When
using the Service of the Baptism of
Infants of the former EUB CHurch,
this congregational act is used, the
people standing:
Pastor: Do you as a congregation ac-
cept the responsibility of assisting these
parents in fulfillment of the baptis-
mal vows, and do you undertake to
provide facilities and oppor-
tunities for Christian nurture and
fellowship?
People: We will by the grace of (Jod.
When using the service of the Bap-
tism of ChUdren of The United
Methodist Church, this congregational
act is used, the people standing:
Pastor: Members of the household of
faith, I commend to your love and care
these children, whom we this day recog-
nize as members of the family of God.
Will you endeavor so to live that they
may grow in the knowledge and love of
(jod, through our Savior Jesus Christ?
People: With God's help we will so
order our lives after the example of
Christ, that these children, surrounded
by steadfast love, may be estab-
lished in the faith, and confirmed
and strengthened in the way that
leads to life eternal.
Amendment 15
Delete the Baptismal Covenant HI (p.
122-127)
Substitute the following:
THE BAPTISMAL COVENANT HI
HOLY BAPTISM
FOR THOSE WHO CAN ANSWER
FOR THEMSELVES
CONFIRMATION
REAFFIRMATION OF FAITH
RECEPTION INTO THE UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH
RECEPTION INTO A LOCAL CON-
GREGATION
INTRODUCTION TO THE SERVICE
The pastor makes the following
statement to the congregation:
The church is of God, and will be
preserved to the end of time,
for the conduct of worship
and the due administration of God's
Word and Sacraments,
the maintenance of Christian fellow-
ship and discipline,
the edification of believers,
and the conversion of the world.
All of every age and station
stand in need of the means of grace
which it alone supplies.
PRAYER FOR THOSE TO BE BAP-
TIZED
If there are no baptisms, the ser-
vice continues with the Renuncia-
tion of Sin and Profession of Faith.
If there are candidates to be baptized,
the pastor continues:
Forasmuch as all have sinned and fal-
len short of the glory of God, our Savior
Christ said, "Unless one is bom of water
and the Spirit, One cannot enter the
kingdom of God."
Let us pray:
Almighty and everlasting (Jrod, we call
upon thee for these thy servants, that
they, coming to thy holy baptism, may
receive remission of their sins and be
filled with the Holy Spirit.
Receive them, O Lord, as thou hast
promised by thy well-beloved Son, and
grant that they may be faithful to thee
all the days of their lives, and finally
come to the eternal kingdom which thou
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has promised; through Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.
RENUNCIATION OF SIN AND
PROFESSION OF FAITH
The pastor addresses those candidates
for confirmation who have been pre-
viously baptized:
Do you in the presence of God and
this congregation renew the solemn vow
and promise made at your baptism?
I do.
The pastor addresses all candidates:
Do you truly and earnestly repent of
your sins?
I do.
Do you believe in God, the Father?
I believe in God, the Father Almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.
Do you believe in Jesus Christ?
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son,
our Lord, [who was conceived by the
Holy Spirit, bom of the Virgin Mary, suf-
fered under Pontius Pilate, was
crucified, died, and was buried; he de-
scended to the dead. On the third day he
rose again; he ascended into heaven, is
seated at the right hand of the Father,
and will come again to judge the living
and the dead.]
Do you believe in the Holy Spirit?
I believe in the Holy Spirit, [the holy
catholic church, the communion of
saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resur-
rection of the body, and the life everlast-
ing.]
Do you receive and profess the Chris-
tian faith as contained in the scriptures
of the Old and New Testaments?
I do.
Do you promise according to the grace
given you to keep God's holy will and
commandments and walk in the same
all the days of your life as faithful
members of Christ's holy Church?
Ida
BAPTISM
If there are no baptism, the service
continues with the Laying on of Hands.
Of the candidates for baptism, the pas-
tor inquires:
Do you desire to be baptized in this
faith?
I do.
As each candidate is baptized, the pas-
tor says:
Name, I baptize you in the name of
the Father, and of the Son, and of the
Holy Spirit.
The people respond:
Amen.
LAYING ON OF HANDS, CONFIR-
MATION OR REAFFIRMATION OF
FAITH
As the pastor, and others if desired,
place hands on the head of each person
who has been baptized or is being con-
firmed or is reafilrming faith, the pastor
says to each:
Name, the Lord defend you with his
heavenly grace and by his Spirit confirm
you in the faith and fellowship of all
true disciples of Jesus Christ.
The people respond:
Amen.
RECEPTION INTO THE UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH
The pastor, addressing the people,
may say:
Let those persons who are members
of other communions in Christ's holy
Church, and who now desire to enter
into the fellowship of this congregation,
present themselves to be received into
the membership of The United
Methodist Church.
The pastor addresses all those
transferring their membership into
The United Methodist Church,
together with those who, through
baptism or in confirmation, have
just professed their faith:
Will you be loyal to The United
Methodist Church, and uphold it by
your prayers, your presence, your gifts,
and your service?
I will.
RECEPTION INTO THE LOCAL
CONGREGATION
Then the pastor may say: Let those
who are members of other congrega-
tions of The United Methodist Church,
and who now desire to enter into the fel-
lowship of this congregation, present
themselves to be welcomed.
COMMENDATION AND WELCOME
Here a lay member, selected by the
Administrative Board or Council, may
join with the pastor in offering the right
hand of fellowship to all those received.
Then the pastor may have those
received face the congregation and, caus-
ing the people to stand, address them,
saying:
Brothers and sisters, I commend to
your love and care these persons who
we this day receive into the membership
of this congregation. Do all in your
power to increase their faith, confirm
their hope, and perfect them in love.
The congregation responds:
We rejoice to recognize you as mem-
bers of Christ's holy Church, and bid
you welcome to this congregation of The
United Methodist Church. With you we
renew our vows to uphold it by our
prayers, our presence, our gifls, and our
service. With God's help we will so order
our lives after the example of Christ
that, surrounded by steadfast love, you
may be established in the faith, and con-
firmed and strengthened in the way that
leads to life eternal.
Then the pastor may give this or
another blessing.
God the Father, God the Son, and
God the Holy Spirit bless, preserve, and
keep you, now and evermore. Amen.
Subject: Service of Christian Marriage
Amendment 16
Pages in Report of the Hymnal Revision
Committee to the 1988 General Con-
ference: 1063-1069
page 1063, add to text: Other ap-
proved services are found in The
Book of Ritual of the Evangelical
United Brethren Church (1959),
page 34-38. The Book of Worship
for Church and Home of the
Methodist Church (1965), pages 28-
31.
Amendment 17
page 1064, DECLARATION BY THE
MAN AND THE WOMAN
Delete: who has called you into union
with himsolf through baptism .
Substitute: who calls you into
imion with himself as acknow-
ledged in your baptism.
Amendment 18
page 1064 RESPONSE OF THE
FAMILIES AND PEOPLE
Delete: twe and substitute their.
Subject: Daily Praise and Prayer
AprU 30, 1988
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
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19
Pages in Report of the Hymnal Revision
Committee to the 1988 General Con-
ference: 1077-1084
page 1082 PRAYERS OF THE
PEOPLE
add to text a final rubric: "Or,
prayers for healing may be offered,
such as the prayer "For the Sick" on
page S44.
Subject: Afiirmation
Amendment 20
Pages in Report of the Hymnal Revision
Committee to the 1988 General Con-
ference: 1085-1090
page 1086, add: an * after "catholic"
and a footnote reading "universal". This
marking will appear on all other places
where the Apostles' Creed is used in the
new hymnal.
Amendment 21
Insert: The Modem Affirmation
from The Book of Worship for
Church and Home of the Methodist
Church (1965).
Subject: Litanies, Confession, As-
surance, and Pardon and Lord's Prayer
Amendment 22
Pages in Report of the Hymnal Revision
Committee to the 1988 General Con-
ference: 1092-1094
page 1092 #2, Lines 1, 15, delete
Father , substitute God.
Amendment 23
Page 1093 #4, line 1, add to text Lord,
we confess our day to day failure to be
truly human.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
346'
CS3
Subject: AIDS and the Healing
Ministry of the Chiu-ch
Petitions: 611-CS-3000-R
Pages in Advance DCA: D-1-26
Membership 104; Present 96
For 93; Against 0; Not Voting 3
Date: April 28, 1988
Committee recommends concurrence
as amended:
l.In Section II.C.l in the second sen-
tence after the word barriers add in
I community.
2.1n Section n.D.3 delete ■
mandatory HIV te s ting . Also in the
second sentence delete the words -aa4
anonymity , and which and change the
word includo to including so that the
sentence reads: "Advocate for the
development of accurate testing proce-
dures which are voluntary and which
guarantee confidentiality including
counseling services." In the last sentence
of this same paragraph, delete the final
two words and anonymity .
3. Note: In section n.D.4., the word «(-
feet in the next to the last line should
read effort.
4.1n section n.D.6, delete the words
living and life throatoning di e oa s o s and
substitute for this last phrase
AIDS/ARC (AIDS related complex).
5. Add a new Par. #8 to Section II.D
which reads as follows: "Request the
health-related and health-care in-
stitutions of The United Methodist
Church to provide leadership in
the creation of services including
hospices and home health-care
facilities for patients with AIDS
and HIV patients, and to publicize
their services to these patients in
beneficial ways; and to further re-
quest that wherever possible these
institutions join with other agen-
cies in research activities.
6. Add a new Par. #9 to Section II.D
which reads as follows: Work for
public policies and the allocation
of public resources for research
and prevention, treatment, and
elimination of AIDS related dis-
eases. Monitor private insurance
company policies related to
coverage and benefits for persons
with AIDS and HIV related dis-
eases.
7. Delete Par. #8 of Section II.D and
insert new Par. #10 which reads as fol-
lows: Encourage worldwide
cooperation by all countries in
sharing research facilities and find-
ings in battling this disease, mind-
ful that governments, churches,
families, and persons in every
region of the world are affected by
the AIDS epidemic.
8. Add a new Section E to II of the
resolution which reads as follows: E.
We commend the interagency ef-
forts by the General Boards of Dis-
cipleship, Church and Society, and
Global Ministries to address the
AIDS crisis and lu-ge the continua-
tion and growth of this work to en-
vision, create, and help facilitate a
plan for AIDS ministry and educa-
tion within The United Methodist
Church. We urge these boards im-
mediately to inform and enlist the
annual conferences in the work of
this ministry and to continue to
report their action to the General
Conference.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
347 CS9
Subject: Sexual Harassment in
Church and Society in the USA
Petitions: 620-CS-3000-R
Pages in Advance DCA: D-1-31
Membership 104; Present 93
For 91; Against 1; Not Voting 1
Date: April 28, 1988
The committee voted concurrence to
the petition in the Advance DCA with
three additions:
1. Substitute at end of the first sen-
tence: . . . and thus have been made
equals in Christ.
2. Add, following sentence 1 of Par. 2:
Sexual harassment must be under-
stood as an exploitation of a power
relationship rather than as an ex-
clusively sexual issue.
3. Add a new Item 4, following Item 3,
and before the last paragraph: 4-Model
in its own life an environment of
hospitality where there is not only
an absence of harassment but the
presence of welcome, respect, and
equality.
( ) Concurrence
I Nonconcurrence Date /
348
CS12
Subject: Task Force on
Gay/Lesbian Issues
Petitions: 34 l-CS-3 000
Pages in Advance DCA: D-2-14 Adv.
Membership 104; Present 96
For 80; Against 16; Not Voting
Date: AprU 29, 1988
Concur in this substitute resolution:
Whereas, human sexuality is affirmed
by The United Methodist Church as a
good gift from the God of love, but a gift
that can contribute both to fulfillment
and to brokenness among imperfect
people; and
Whereas, the interpretation of
homosexuality has proved to be par-
ticularly troubling to conscientious
Christians of differing opinion; and
Whereas, important biblical, theologi-
cal, and scientific questions related to
homosexuality remain in dispute among
persons of good will; and
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April 30, 1988
Whereas, the church possesses the
resources of mind and spirit to resolve
such issues reasonably and in faithful-
ness to the gospel it proclaims;
Therefore, be it resolved that the
General Council on Ministries be
directed to conduct a study and report to
the 1992 General Conference, using con-
sultants as it deems appropriate, includ-
ing persons representative of the major
existing points of view on homosexuality
within the church and persons well-
versed in scientific and theological
method. The council shall:
a) Study homosexuality as a subject
for theological and ethical analysis,
noting where there is consensus among
biblical scholars, theologians, and
ethicists and where there is not.
b) Seek the best biological, psychologi-
cal, and sociological information and
opinion on the nature of homosexuality,
noting points at which there is a consen-
sus among informed scientists and
where there is not.
c) Explore the implications of its
study for the Social Principles.
Be it further resolved that this action
become effective unmediately upon the
adjournment of the 1988 General Con-
ference.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 82; Present 77
For 77; Agamst 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
Nonconcurrence because issue con-
tained in #1199.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
349^
^ ^^ GA29
Subject: Missional Priority: Peace
and Justice
Petitions: 320-GA-3000-R
Pages in Advance DCA: D-2-11
Membership 82; Present 76
For 75; Against 0; Not Voting 1
Date: April 28, 1988
Nonconcurrence
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
350=
GA30
Subject: Deaf Ministries
Petitions: 2450-GA-3000-R
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 82; Present 77
For 77; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 28, 1988
Nonconcurrence because #1199
covers the issue.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
351* GA31
Subject: Deaf Ministries
Petitions: 2451-GA-3000-R
Membership 82; Present 76
For 74; Against 1; Not Voting 1
Date: April 28, 1988
Concurrence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
352
*
GA32
Subject: Deaf Ministries
Petitions: 1339
Pages in Advance DCA:
Membership 82; Present 77
For 77; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
Nonconcurrence because issue con-
tained in #1199.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
353*
GA33
Subject: Restate Goal to Increase
Membership
Petitions: 2440
Pages in Advance DCA: See text below
Membership 82;Present 76
For 62; i^ainst 12; Not Voting 2
Date: April 28, 1988
The committee recommends noncon-
CTurence.
MOTION:
Whereas the 1984 General Conference
adopted a goal of increasing total mem-
bership while also directing each annual
conference to set its own targets, peti-
tion that the 1988 General Conference
restate that goal to now read:
"We petition the 1988 General Con-
ference to adopt the goal of recommit-
ment to an increase in spiritual growth,
stewardship, and outreach of its mem-
bers as well as increasing the member-
ship of The United Methodist Church by
the end of the next quadrennium."
The changes in the present and
proposed wording should then be:
"We petition the 4S84 1988 General
Conference to adopt the goal of recom-
mitment to an increase in spiritual
growth, stewardship, and outreach
of its members, as well as increasing the
membership of The United Methodist
Church to 30,000 , 000 porsonB by the
end of the next two quadronnia quadren-
nium."
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
355^
GA34
Subject: Training Events for
DS/CCD
Petitions: 1228-GA-3000-R
Pages in Advance DCA: G-55
Membership 82; Present 76
For 76; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
Concurrence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
356* GA36
Subject: Goal to Increase
Membership
Petitions: 1229-GA-3000-R
Pages in Advance DCA: G-55
Membership 82; Present 77
For 77; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
Concurrence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
354
GA35
Subject: Baltimore Declaration
Petitions: 1223-GA-3000-R
Pages in Advance DCA: G-52
357'
GA37
Subject: Report on the
Development of the
Recommendation for a Theme for
the Denomination
Petitions: 1214-GA-3000-R
Pages in Advance DCA: G-31
Membership 82; Present 73
For 73; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: April 28, 1988
Concurrence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
358'
^^_ GA42
Subject: Ccnsxiltation on Deaf
Ministries
Petitions: 340-GA-3000-R
Pages in Advance DCA: D-2-14
Membership 82; Present 76
For 76; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 28, 1988
Nonconcurrence because of #1199.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
359* GA50
Subject: Prison Ministry
April 30, 1988
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185
Petitions: 330 GA-3000R
Pages in Advance DCA: D2-12
Membership 82; Present 72
For 72; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 29, 1988
Committee recommends conconcur-
rence because concerns cared for in peti-
tion #1205
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
p G-7, column 3: C becomes D; D be-
comes E; E becomes C
In A, line 3, after "witnessing", add
and reaching the unchurched
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
360^
GA41
Subject: Developing Congregations
for Deaf Ministry
Petitions: 1199-GA-3000-R
Pages in Advance DCA: G-11
Membership 82; Present 77
For 77; Against 0; Not Voting
Date: AprU 28, 1988
Committee recommends concurrence
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
361
GA40
Subject: Missional Priority: Peace
with Justice
Petitions: 3 18-3 19-32 1-322-323-GA-
3000R
Pages in Advance DCA: D2-11
Membership 82; Present 76
For 75; Against 1; Not Voting
, Date:
Committee recommends nonconcur-
rence because of #3 13
I ( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
362'
GA39
Subject: No Missional Priority
Petitions: 313-GA-3000-R
Pages in Advance DCA: D-2-11
Membership 82; Present 77
For 77; Against 0; Not Voting
Date:April 28, 1988
Committee recommends concurrence.
( ) Concurrence ( ) Nonconcurrence Date /
363 GA38
Subject: Theme for 1989-92
Quadrenniiun "Celebrate God's
Grace: Witness for Jesus Christ"
Petitions: 1195-GA-3000-R
Pages in Advance DCA: G6-G8
Membership 82; Present 78
For 72; Against 3; Not Voting 2
Date: April 28, 1988
Committee recommends concurrence
as amended:
p G-7, column 1: C becomes B; B be-
comes C
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DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
AprU 30, 1988
Proceedings of the 1988 General Conference
The United Methodist Church
of
Coimnittee On Journal
Report
The Committee on Journal
hereby certifies as accurate, with the
following corrections, the proceedings
as printed in the Daily Christian Ad-
vocate for Thursday, April 28, 1988.
Daily Edition, p. 134, col. 1, par. 1 -
Insert after "Singapore":
"And Bishop Pieters from the
Methodist Church in Belgium- (ap-
plause) Over the week-end, we had
twenty-five of our affiliated
autonomous bishops with us. You will
be interested to know that with all of
those bishops who were here, the
women and men who represent the
bishops of The United Methodist
Church and the affiliated autonomous
churches now have episcopal super-
vision in fifty different countries of the
world. This is indeed a great tribute to
the efforts of Methodist people and
other bodies related to The United
Methodist Church across the decades.
Let's greet now again these persons we
are honored to have in our midst, (ap-
plause)"
Daily Edition, p. 136, col. 1, par. 3 -
Substitute "Blackburn" for "Black-
Jamima DeMarcus (chair)
Section A, row 15
Friday Morning April
29, 1988
Bishop Robert M. Blackburn, presiding
(Morning Worship)
BISHOP BLACKBURN: You'U find
your places as quickly as possible; we will
begin our agenda. Let the folks come in
from the outside, find their place.
(Music)
You'll find your places quickly. All right,
if you will be seated please. We are a mo-
ment or two behind. You'll help us as we
try to catch up. If you would turn, please,
to the first page of the Daily Christian Ad-
vocate for today, Friday, April 29; if you'll
note down at the left-hand column at the
bottom the shaded area, which gives the
agenda for today. Bishop Duffey said it
seems like the General Conference goes
on forever; we are however making a little
bit better time than it shows here. The
agenda says Thursday, April 28; this is
Friday. Some of you may think it ought to
be Saturday; but it's Friday, April 29, and
for the record we make that correction.
For the past quadrennium, Bishop Paul
Duffey, who has led us so superbly in our
worship this morning, has served as the
secretary of the Council of Bishops; and he
is in charge now of the order of the day,
calling for recognition of the retiring
bishops. Bishop Paul Duffey.
BISHOP PAUL DUFFEY: Thank you,
Mr. Chairman. We are pleased to present
these brothers and sister to you and recog-
nize their outstanding service-many of
them, a long number of years. We have
these persons retiring, and we will ask
them to come in the order of their election.
And you wiU acknowledge them at the end
if you will, please, after we have intro-
duced all of them.
Bishop Earl Hunt, Jr., was elected in the
class of 1964 (if you would come. Bishop
Hunt) and has served for 24 years. Bishop
James Thomas was elected in that same
class, served for 24 years. Bishop Frank
Schaefer was elected in 1966, served for 23
years. Bishop Ole Borgen was elected in
1970 and has served 19 years. Bishop
James Ault was elected in the class of
1972, has served 16 years. Bishop Robert
Blackburn has served 16 years. Bishop
Jesse DeWitt has served 16 years. Bishop
Almeida Penicela was elected in 1976 and
has served 12 years. Bishop Hermann
Sticher was elected in 1977 and has served
12 years. Bishops Schaefer, Borgen, and
Sticher will retire in March of 1989; all
others will be in August of 1988. Bishop
Roy Clark in the class of 1980, also Bishop
Emerson Colaw, Bishop John Wesley
Hardt in that class; Bishop Kern Eutsler
in the class of 1984 and Bishop Leontine
Kelly in the class of 1984.
BISHOP MELVIN TALBERT: And
members of the General Conference, it's
my privilege to recognize Bishop Paul Duf-
fey, who was elected in the class of 1980
and served 8 years and will be retiring at
the end of August 1988. 1 am privileged to
present him because he has served so ef-
fectively for 4 years as secretary of the
Council of Bishops, and I will have to
receive that mantle at the end of August.
Paul Duffey.
BISHOP DUFFEY: Thank you very
much.
BISHOP TALBERT: Greet all of these
fellows and this lady, (applause)
BISHOP BLACKBURN: Thank you
very much. On behalf of all of these who
have the somber possibility of retirement,
we thank you very much. I would also like
to acknowledge the retirement of one
member of the Judicial Council. Dr.
Hoover Rupert has been the secretary
longer than any other person in the his-
tory of the Judicial Council, and he retires
this year. How long have you been in the
council? He's been a member of the coun-
cil for 20 years. Dr. Hoover Rupert, (ap-
plause)
DR. HOOVER RUPERT: Thank you
very much, Mr. Chairman.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: Thank you.
Now we hear from Clifton Ives, who chairs
our Committee on Courtesies.
CUFF IVES (Maine): Thank you,
Bishop Blackburn. This morning we have
the high privilege of reaching across the
Atlantic Ocean again to receive some spe-
cial greetings and a special presentation
from our delegation from Great Britain. I
ask Brian Beck and that delegation to
come forward and make that presentation
at this time
BRL^ BECK (Great Britain): Mr.
Chairman and members of conference,
every year it is our pleasure in Great
Britain to welcome representatives of this
General Conference to our conference.
And eveiy four years we are grateful to
return the exchange and to sit with you as
delegates in the General Conference. This
year, of course, is special. Our two chur-
ches-indeed all Methodist churches~in
the world are celebrating the 250th an-
niversary of John Wesley's conversion,
and the minds of Methodists will be turn-
ing to the city of London. On May 24th
representatives of World Methodism wiU
join us in Britain for a celebration of the
events of that day in 1738, following
AprU 30, 1988
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
187
Wesley's own pathway: first, at St. Paul's
Cathedral where the anthem was "Out of
the Depths I Ciy to Thee," and then at
Aldersgate where the prayer was
answered. Some of you, I know, will be
there. Others will watch on TV.
We have been preparing for this event
in Britain for years, and one of the
decisions we took was to mark the year by
ofiicially registering a flag. We've never
had a flag for British Methodism, and we
wanted to mark this particular year by
having one officially registered with the
College of Heralds in London. The device
we have settled upon is simple and yet we
hope states what we're about. It is white
on red on white. It is the world embraced
to its limits by the cross. It is the world sur-
roimded by the grace which that cross
proclaims. It is the world filled with the
fire of the Spirit. It proclaims what God
has done for the world and what He wills
to do for the world.
In 1784, following your independence
from British rule, with Mr. Wesley's bless-
ing you became a separate connection
from us. In those days of sea travel it could
not have been otherwise. Over the years
history has made us different, at least in
some respects. We have a different Dis-
cipline; we have a different liturgy; we in
Britain have no Articles of Religion; we
have no bishops but an annual president.
And I guess we also differ on which of us
has got it right. But we have much in com-
mon too, and it's a happy sign of our com-
mon roots and partnership in the gospel
that now we share in each others con-
ferences and trust each other enough to
give each other voting rights.
In this particular year we from Britain
offer you this sign of the gospel we share,
and we pray that God may makeyou~and
US-faithful to it. Chairman, would you
please accept this flag for your conference
from the conference of The Methodist
Church in Great Britain?
BISHOP BLACKBURN: Thank you
veiy much, sir.
CLIFTON IVES (Mame): We come to a
veiy interesting time for us. We are
privileged to live in the computer age.
Back at the United Methodist building in
Richmond where I work, if we have any-
thing that doesn 't go right, we don't blame
it on the secretaries or even on the bishop,
we blame it on the computers. However,
the computers now are working; and they
are marvelous instruments for us. And
they save us much time, and they do a lot
of our thinking. We have before us some-
thing that we have anticipated for several
quadrennia: that some day the time would
come when we could use mechanical
means of voting which will be a help and
a blessing, I think, to General Conferen-
ces across many years to come.
I have been told that it has been tested
now~our mechanical voting program. It is
in good order. It has been tested four
times. We have been told by the inter-
preters that they are very delighted with
the program of mechanical voting because
during the countdown it gives them much
more time for interpreting the motion to
their delegates then it does when the
presiding officer merely calls for the vote
immediately. It also is going to be a help
to those who are presiding here, the
bishops; particularly those coming next
week. Because it records for us the actual
vote, there will not be the necessity to
make a judgment of whether it was a
majority or two-thirds.
It's very clearly there for us and that will
be a help to all of us. Certainly it should
expedite our conference this year and help
us in so many ways. We're grateful to the
technicians who have spent many days
and hours, especially to Dr. DeWayne
Woodring, who has led us and prepared
for this conference. I'm going to ask now
that Dr. Woodring will come and
demonstrate for us the use of the mechani-
cal voting; and here in a few moments
later as we deal with some of our calendar
items, we will put it into use. Dr. Wood-
ring, we are grateful to you. Will you lead
us now as we demonstrate our mechanical
voting? Try it again, DeWayne. I think
that was a human error, maybe.
DEWAYNE WOODRING: The
electronic voting system is alive and well.
It has been tested with the mass choir
Tuesday evening. It was tested again with
persons we recruited who were walking
down the hallways. We brought them in,
pushed buttons. Thirdly, we tested it four
times this morning with the marshals,
pages, and today's choir. The system has
reported an accurate count each time it
was used. The problem during the Tues-
day afternoon session was with the com-
puter program it takes to run the system.
This is an actual copy of the computer
program. The program is yards long. It
contains thousands of numbers and com-
mands. Near the end of the program they
found a bug in the program. Actually, one
three-digit number was not entered cor-
rectly into the computer. When this was
changed to the correct number, the sys-
tem performed flawlessly.
One other item: Do not be concerned
about the light on the key pad. Whether
the light is on or off or flashing does not
affect the ability of the system to record
your vote. Now, please turn to p. 123 of
today's DCA and note the boxed item en-
titled "Directions for Electronic Voting." It
was felt during the previous test some per-
sons were pushing the buttons too early.
Therefore, we have changed the presiding
officer's call for the vote to the words
Please vote when numbers appear on the
screen. Vote any time during the
countdown from nine to one, press button
1 for a yes vote, button 2 for a no, button
3 for abstention. For this test this morn-
ing we will assume that a motion is before
you. You may vote any way you want on
the motion by pressing button 1, button 2,
or button 3. Bishop Blackburn, will now
call for the vote.
BLACKBURN: The motion is before
you. Please vote when numbers appear on
the screen. Amen.
WOODRING: The test is complete and
the system is ready for your use. Thank
you so much for your patience and par-
ticipation.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: Three cheers
for the computers and the workers.
Thanks to all of you for a very splendid ser-
vice you have performed for this con-
ference. Now we turn to the calendar
items. Donna LaPoint will call out these
items for us. Bishop Nacpil. All right we're
ready for the calendar items, Bishop Nac-
pil will lead us and call us to the pages to
which we will refer.
Calendar No. 1
BISHOP EMERITO P. NACPIL: Mr.
Chairman and members of the General
Conference. I would like to draw your at-
tention to the Daily Christian Advocate
for Thursday, yesterday, pages 112-113.
There you find the calendar items
scheduled for today. In 1984, you
regularized the status of the Commission
on Central Conference Affairs, and we
have been happy to function under the
terms and conditions provided therein.
Calendar No. 1 seeks to amend Par. 527 of
the 1984 Discipline by making the holding
of the conference of Methodist bishops on
call of the Council of Bishops following
consultation of Methodist bishops with
other members of the conference of
Methodist bishops. It makes it possible to
hold the conference at the site of the
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DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
April 30, 1988
World Methodist Council which meets
every five years, or at the site of General
Conference which meets every four years.
The commission recommends concur-
rence with this calendar item.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: All right. This
is before you. Let me call to attention,
especially to those who are new delegates,
how you are voting regarding concurrence
and nonconcurrence. In this instance the
Legislative Committee chaired by Bishop
Nacpil has called for concurrence of this
first petition, and when you vote to agree
with the committee you will vote yes. For
example, though the next petition, peti-
tion No. 2, the committee calls for noncon-
currence; in other words not concurring
with the petition, so if you want to agree
with the committee, you will again vote
yes, even though it calls for nonconcur-
rence. Sometimes they get confused be-
cause they're voting yes, for something
that says no. So keep that in mind as you
vote, as you vote yes on this next one, the
first one, you will be voting to agree with
the committee and they concur with this
petition. I believe now we are ready to
vote. All right. Please vote when numbers
appear. All right. The petition passes, 96
percent, 915 for, 32 against, and the mo-
tion is passed. All right. Bishop Nacpil.
Calendar No. 2
BISHOP NACPIL: Calendar No. 2.
Since you approve Calendar No. 1, the
commission recommends nonconcur-
rence on this matter.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: If you agree
with the committee on nonconcurrence
will you vote yes? If you disagree vote no.
Please vote when the numbers appear.
And you have approved the nonconcur-
rence recommendation of the committee.
All right.
Calendar No. 3
BISHOP NACPIL: Calendar No. 3 is a
BISHOP BLACKBURN: Point of order.
Microphone 7 please, your name and your
FAY CLEVELAND (Western New
York): I thought we were operating under
the rule that if there were no negative
votes that the items went on the consent
calendar. These two actions we have just
taken, apparently neither had negative
votes, and yet we're dealing with them as
if they need to be dealt with.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: All right. Let's
turn to our secretaries and see what they
rule.
FAITH RICHARDSON: Since the Com-
mission on Central Conference Affairs has
the right to report directly to the General
Conference, their petitions or calendar
items alone do not have a consent calen-
dar.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: Veiy weU,
we'll continue then with Calendar No. 3.
BISHOP NACPIL: Calendar No. 3 is a
piece of new legislation which, if ap-
proved, would be placed following Par. 609
of the Discipline. It provides for an addi-
tional way of relating to a church within
the Methodist family, by an Act of
Covenanting. It outlines the scope and
procedure of the Act of Covenanting. A
more-detailed elaboration of this is to be
found in the Advance DCA D-1-70. The
commission recommends concurrence.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: All right. This
is before you. Microphone 7, you'll give us
your name and your conference please.
VERNON BIGLER (Western New
York): Bishop, I move to amend this report
to reinsert the words where the word
Christian is marked out to reinsert Chris-
tian.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: All right. Is
that supported with a second? Is there a
second to this? All right, sir, you'll speak
to it please.
BIGLER: Dear friends, this statement
has somewhat narrowed the extent of the
possibility of dialogue, conversations,
ecumenical relations when it replaces
Methodist and other affiliated churches in
place of the word Christian. It has been
the hope, I think, of all of us on the com-
mission on ecumenical concerns, that this
kind of opening of the possibility of
covenanting with other chiarches woxJd
also include some churches which may not
strictly be Methodist heritage or tradition.
Whether it does include other churches
beyond our Wesleyan heritage or not, at
least the word Christian leaves the door
open for that and it does not preclude the
possibility of a kind of covenant which
would be possible with strictly Wesleyan
heritage churches. So I urge this broader
inclusion of a more ecumenical term than
strictly Methodist and other affiliated
Methodist churches.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: All right. This
amendment is before you. Does anyone
wish to speak against it before we call on
Bishop Nacpil to respond? All right.
Bishop Nacpil.
BISHOP NACPIL: Well, the rationale
provided for these is already to be found
in your calendar item. There is a stronger
and better possibility for the covenanting
relationship within the Methodist family
and we can build on the success that may
be attained through that channel.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: All right.
Anyone else wish to speak to this amend-
ment? All right. The amendment is before
you. If you favor the amendment, please
vote when the numbers appear. And the
amendment is passed. All right. We
proceed with that.
BISHOP NACPIL: Calendar No.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: We were stiU
to vote on No. 3. Any further discussion
on Calendar No. 3? All right, you appear
to be ready. If you favor the action of the
committee on No. 3, will you please vote
when the numbers appear? And the report
is adopted. All right, Calendar No. 4.
Calendar No. 4
BISHOP NACPIL: Calendar No. 4 the
commission recommends nonconcur-
rence.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: All right, any
questions? Any discussion? If you favor
nonconcurrence, will you please vote
when numbers appear by indicating the
yes? Oh, did I miss somebody? I'm sony.
Way back here in the back. I'm sorry, I
didn't see your card. Microphone 13,
please. Your name and conference.
Microphone 13, all right, sir.
PAUL CHAFFEE (Western Pennsyl-
vania): Mr. Chairman, when you are
posing the question, you're putting it in a
position of asking us to vote if we are in
favor of the proposition, not asking us to
vote whether or not we are in favor. Since
we're taking both kinds of votes at the
same time, I just thought that ought to be
brought to your attention.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: Thank you,
sir. I meant to say, "Do you vote to approve
the recommendation of the committeer
Would you like for us to retake that vote?
All right. If you favor the recommendation
of the committee on No. 4, will you please j
vote when the numbers appear? All right,
the motion to approve this is approved.
Calendar No. 5
BISHOP NACPIL: No. 5 now. The com-
mission recommends concurrence with
this item. This petition makes liability for
property holding the responsibility of the
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central conference instead of The United
Methodist Church.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: All right, this
is before yoa Any discussion? If you favor
the recommendation of the committec.Is
someone objecting? Microphone 3, please.
Your name and conference, please?
JERRY MAYO (Tennessee): You're still
calling for the vote, vote by asking if you
favor, vote now. Some of us might not
favor, we would like to vote no. And it
prejudices the vote.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: Thank you,
sir. If you are ready to vote now on report
No. 5, please vote when the numbers ap-
pear. And the report is adopted.
Calendar No. 6
BISHOP NACPIL: Calendar No. 6, the
petition referred to in this calendar item
isn't published in the Advance DCA. It is
printed here in full. As you can see, it seeks
to make itineration of bishops in jurisdic-
tional conferences operational in
countries covered by central conferences
where there are more than one bishop.
The commission recommends nonconcur-
rence on this petition.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: All right, No. 6
is before you. You've heard their recom-
mendation. Do you wish to discuss it? All
right, we're ready to vote. Please vote
when the numbers appear on the screen.
Calendar No, 6 is adopted. All right. No. 7.
Calendar No. 7
BISHOP NACPIL: On Calendar No. 7
the commission recommends nonconcur-
rence. The reasons are there indicated.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: Any discus-
sion? If you are ready to vote, would you
vote now on No. 7. Please vote when the
numbers appear. And the report is
adopted. All right. No. 7...No. 8.
Calendar No. 8
BISHOP NACPIL: No. 8 is particularly
a matter of editorial revision. It intends to
retitle Section 5, Chapter 5, making
provision for the Act of Covenanting char-
ges, which we have just approved. The
commission recommends concurrence.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: All right,
you're ready to vote. Any discussion? If
you will vote now as the numbers ap-
pear...Calendar No. 8 is adopted.
BISHOP NACPIL: Calendar No. 9 mdi-
cates what an autonomous Methodist
church is and what an affiliated
autonomous Methodist church is depend-
ing on the Act of Covenanting. The com-
mission recommends concurrence.
Calendar No. 9
BISHOP BLACKBURN: All right. No.
9. Any discussion? Anyone want to speak
to this? It is before you now. Will you vote
as the numbers appear? No. 9 is adopted.
All right.
Calendar No. 10
BISHOP NACPIL: No. 10 simplifies the
process of developing a concordat
relationship with another church by
eliminating the role of the Executive Com-
mittee of the Commission on Central Con-
ference Affairs. We think that is no longer
necessary. The commission recommends
concurrence.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: Any discus-
sion of this? It is before you, will you please
vote now as the numbers appear? No. 10
now is adopted. Turn to No. 11.
Calendar No. 11
BISHOP NACPIL: Calendar No. 11
simplifies the process of developing a con-
cordat relationship with another church
by eliminating the role of the Executive
Committee of the Commission on Central
Conference Affairs. The commission
recommends concurrence.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: Are you on
No. 12?
BISHOP NACPIL: That was 11.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: Any discus-
sion on No. 11? You've heard the recom-
mendation of the committee. You appear
to be ready. Will you please vote now as
the numbers appear? No. 11 now is
adopted. We turn to No. 12, report 12,
Calendar No.
Calendar No. 12
BISHOP NACPIL: The commission
recommends nonconcurrence on Calen-
dar No. 12. In the mind of the commission
this petition would only complicate what
is already dear and straightforward in the
Discipline, which covers the same subject.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: All right, this
is before you. I see a hand over here. Come
to microphone 4. Your name and con-
ference, please?
VICTOR GOLDSCHMIDT (North In-
diana): There are two parts to this peti-
tion. I'm wondering whether we should
take them in two pieces or at once.. .ad-
dressing page C-67, the bottom right.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: If you are caU-
ing for division, we can let the house
decide.
GOLDSCHMIDT: I'd like to call for a
division of those two parts which address
653. lb and 653. le.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: AU right, he's
calling for division, which is not
debatable. Are you ready to vote? If you
will...if you favor the division of these
items, please vote by using the numbers.
FAITH RICHARDSON: You can ask for
a vote of hands.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: And you have
barely voted to divide it. Now, if you would
turn to p. C-67. All right, now as they turn
to it, are you going to speak to it, sir? Is
that correct?
GOLDSCHMIDT: Yes, I'd like to very
much.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: If you fmd
your place, C-67 Advance Edition...and
Mr. Goldschmidt will speak to that.
GOLDSCHMIDT: Maybe, we also want
to have the Discipline open so we track the
comparison and that will be p. 302, the
upper left where it says B.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: P. 302 in your
Discipline. P. C-67 in your Advance Daily
Advocate. All right, sir.
GOLDSCHMIDT: Thank you. I think
the essential issue is here: How do we re-
late with a church which maybe is in a
geographical region within which there is
not a central conference? Let me make a
supposing. Supposing there is a church in
Bolivia who likes to become part of The
United Methodist Church. Under the
present Discipline requirements it has to
apply to a central conference. Yet there is
no central conference in Latin America.
So we are imposing somewhat of a politi-
cal-geographical impairment to that
process. The petition.. .this first part simp-
ly says in the process of applying, if a
church is within the area of a central con-
ference, it shall apply through the central
conference, essentially is what the Dis-
cipline says. But it does add, however, if it
is not within a central conference, it then
will apply directly through the Council of
Bishops rather than going through some
other geographic region which is not
where they live; and I think this is an im-
portant issue of distinction and sen-
sitivity.
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BISHOP BLACKBURN: You need then
to make an amendment, Mr.
Goldschmidt, to the reporters, as I under-
stand it.
GOLDSCHMIDT: Yes, I think maybe
you are correct because we took it into two
pieces.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: AU right, sir. If
you have an amendment for us, we will
deal with it.
GOLDSCHMIDT: I think procedure-
wise I am now stuck. And I foresee the fu-
ture already. I'll try it anyhow. I hereby
move that we amend to adopt 653. lb as in
C-67 petition number 160.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: All right. Is
there a second to this amendment? It is
before you. All right, point of order back
here, if you come to microphone 12.
PAUL MEUSCHKE (Western Pennsyl-
vania): I believe the brother made a speech
before he made his motion, and that's out
of order.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: No sir, that's
not out of order. We prefer that they make
the motion first, but that's all right. All
right. The amendment has been made and
been spoken to, will anyone speak against
the amendment? Anyone want to speak
against it? Anyone from the floor want to
speak for it? You seem to be ready, it's
before you with the amendment by Mr.
Goldschmidt. Let's let Bishop Nacpil
make the response.
BISHOP NACPIL: I don't need to make
a statement on that matter.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: All right.
Ready to vote. Let's have the secretaiy
read for us the amendment. It isn't up here
yet, however.
DENNY WHITE: The amendment sir,
is to essentially restore the language that's
printed on C-67 about two-thirds of the
way down the page where it says "Amend
Par. 653.1b): Said church, if it is within..."
it is to restore that paragraph.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: As it is here on
C-67, is that correct.
WHITE: Yes sir.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: Par. 653.
That's before you then. I think we can
proceed with that dearly before yoa
You're asked to vote to include it as it is in
your DCA or your Advance DCA, C-67 Par.
653. Is that dear? Anyone question? I
think we can go ahead and vote then. If
you will vote on the amendment now.
Anyone have any question about what you
are voting on? Please vote when numbers
appear. And the amendment is approved.
All right, microphone 4. All right, sir.
GOLDSCHMIDT: I move that we
amend to indude the original wording as
in Par. 653. le, bottom of C-67, petition
160.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: All right. We
are voting on the second division, is that
correct? Is that my understanding? The
second half. Is there a second to this? All
right. It's before us.
BISHOP NACPIL: This now is to be
consistent with the action we just took in
amending Par. 653. lb, the first part.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: All right.
Anyone wish to speak against it?
Microphone 8. Your name and con-
ference?
FRITZ A, MUm (Missouri West): I
think the conference might be helped if
Bishop Nacpil could explain why the legis-
lative committee voted nonconcurrence.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: Yes, I'm going
to let him respond after there's any debate
on the amendment. Any others? All right.
Bishop Nacpil.
BISHOP NACPIL: The reasoning of the
commission is that in any case where a
church wants to become a part of The
United Methodist Church and where
there is no central conference, the request
will be processed through the Commission
on Central Conference Affairs and recom-
mendations will then go to the General
Conference for its action.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: AU right.
BISHOP NACPIL: Because the process
is rather dear and straightforward and
the commission did not feel that the
darity should be messed up again.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: All right. We
have heard the response; now it is time for
us to vote. Please vote when the numbers
appear on the screen. And the amendment
is passed.
And now will you adopt No. 12? Do you
need to speak to it again. Bishop Nacpil?
Any more on No. 12? Will you adopt this
as amended? No. 12. Will you please vote
now as the numbers appear? And the item
is adopted as amended.
All right. Calendar No. 13. Microphone
6, please, sir.
WILLIAM MACARTNEY (East Ohio):
Bishop, were we voting on Calendar No.
12?
BISHOP BLACKBURN: That was my
understanding.
MCCARTNEY: The recommendation
of the committee was nonconcurrence; so
if the vote at that point was positive, it
would be in sustaining the nonconcur-
rence recommendation. Is that correct?
BISHOP BLACKBURN: No. We had
amended it.
MCCARTNEY: Yes, I understand that
we had amended it. But as amended,
would it not still cany the word or the tag
from the committee? This will happen
again, so we ought to be dear from the
start.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: I understand.
Very well, I appreciate you bringing this
up. It is my understandingthat the motion
as we amended became the substitute for
anything that the committee was recom-
mending, and so it is before us as was
amended.
MCCARTNEY: Thank you, that hdps
in this case. Will there be other occasions
though, when amendments are not sub-
stitutes and amended will still cariy the
tag of nonconcurrence?
BISHOP BLACKBURN: Possibly so,
but we'll worry about that later. OK? All
right. I think you're doing right well; keep
it up. No. 13.
Calendar No. 13
BISHOP NACPIL: The commission
recommends concurrence on Calendar
No. 13.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: Any discus-
sion. No. 13? The committee recommends
concurrence in discussion. You seem to be
ready. Please vote now as the numbers ap-
pear. And No. 13 as recommended by the
committee is adopted. No. 14?
Calendar No. 14
BISHOP NACPIL: No. 14, Mr. Chair-
man, is mistitled. It should read "Proposed
New Episcopal Area in the Africa Central
Conference." This petition, published in
the Advance DCA, comes from the Africa
Central Conference. It requests the
General Conference for an enabling act in-
creasing the number of episcopal areas in
the Africa Central Conference by one and
to increase the number of effective
bishops by one more, and so bring the
number of effective bishops from seven to
eight. The reasons given by our brethren
and sisters in Africa is that since 1984
there has already been organized a new
annual conference. There are some 150
ministerial members and some 40,000
members. The area in which this annual
conference has been organized has
tremedous potentiality for growth, and
AprU 30, 1988
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
191
providing episcopal supervision at this
time would greatly facilitate growth. The
commission recommends concurrence on
this petition.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: All right, No.
14 is before you with their recommenda-
tion for concurrence.
BISHOP NACPIL: This matter has
some dollar signs to it, and it would be
referred, if approved by you, to the GCFA.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: AU right, it's
before \is. I see, microphone 3, please.
DON CARVER aowa): A question.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: All right, sir.
DON CARVER: Since this was not
published in the Advance DCA, should not
this petition be before us in writing or in
printing? And especially if it has dollar
signs to it, would it not be important for
us to see that, please?
BISHOP BLACKBURN: Our
secretaries indicate that you are correct in
assuming that. Could we hold this and
have it put in the DCA tomorrow to be
taken up next week?
BISHOP NACPIL: That's all right with
us.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: Very well, we
will do that. All right any other items? Mr.
Bleven, any more from agenda? We have
a recommendation from the Calendar
Committee, Donna LaPoint.
Petitions 1082 and 652
DONNA LAPOINT (California-
Nevada): I want to move to suspend Rule
No. 32, which is on p. B-19 in the Advance
DCA; and I do this in order to consider the
Africa Initiative: A United Methodist
University for Africa, Petition 1082, in the
Advance DCA, p. F-58. If I have a second,
I'll speak to the reason.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: All right. The
second is before us.
DONNA LAPOINT: We had expected
that that petition would be published in
the DCA of today. It was turned in in time,
but there's been a glitch in the process;
and so it's not before you, and it has finan-
cial implications and, if passed, would
need to be referred to GCFA. We had ex-
pected to have that kind of thing happen
tommorrow so that there would be plenty
of time for GCFA to take a look at it if it
was passed and referred to them, and
that's the reason for this motion before
you.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: Your motion is
that it be brought up tomorrow? To
suspend the rules so it can be brought up
tomorrow? Is that my understanding?
DONNA LAPOINT: That's correct.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: All right. If
you will suspend the rules, will you vote as
the numbers appear? Took a necessary
two-thirds and we got 92%. The motion is
to suspend the rules as adopted. Thank
you veiy much Ms. LaPoint. Anything else
from the Agenda Committee?
LAPOINT: The chair of the Agenda
Committee has said to me that now that
we have a rule suspended, I need to move
that that Petition 1082 be an order of the
day for tomorrow, Saturday.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: AU right, this
is from the committee. Does it need a
second? This is not debatable, I believe.
It's not debatable it's my understanding.
All right. If you favor this motion from the
committee, will you vote as the numbers
appear? And you have approved this order
of the day for tommorrow, April 30.
Thank you so much. Anything else from
agenda? All right, if you'll come to
microphone 14.
ELEANOR RICHARDSON (North
Georgia): Would it be in order, Bishop, to
have the same courtesy afforded to Peti-
tion 652 on E-29? It has the same kind of
time constraint, needs money, deals with
the establishment of the Advisory Coor-
dinating Council for Older Adults.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: If you will you
make that as a motion, Ms. Richardson, I
think we can...
ELEANOR RICHARDSON (Georgia): I
so move. Bishop.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: Is there a
second? Seconded. If you'll speak to it
please.
ELEANOR RICHARDSON: I think it
just needs the same constraint because of
the time element and it requires money,
sir.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: All right. We
have to suspend the rules again for us to
do this. If you will suspend the rules will
you please indicate now as the numbers
appear on the screen? ... All right, you have
voted to suspend the rules. Now the mo-
tion is before us to include this item in
tomorrow's calendar. Is there discussion
on this? I'll call on Mrs. LaPoint in a
minute. Do I see a hand here? All right,
sir. Microphone 13.
DAN SOLOMON (Southwest Texas):
Those of us who cany committee respon-
sibilities are greatly concerned that the
work of the Agenda Committee is being
done by the whole of the Creneral Con-
ference. These items are aU importtmt,
there's no doubt about that, but what we
are doing is competing with important
items. There's no way to describe which is
more important. We have an Agenda
Committee for that purpose. I would ap-
petd to the conference for us to allow the
Agenda Committee to set the calendar
items in consultation with the various
groups and legislative committees that
need to report, and therefore we'll have a
much more orderly flow of the calendar
than if we do the work of the Agenda Com-
mittee as the body of the whole.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: All right. Let
me be clear now. The first proposal did
come from the Agenda Committee is my
understanding, and this second has come
from the floor, right Mr. Bevan?
JOHN BEVAN: I would essentially
repeat what has already been said and add
that the legislative committees, in many
instances, still have a great deal of work to
be done, are counting on tomorrow and
probably late tomorrow. The previous ac-
tion did come as a request of the total
Calendar Committee to the Agenda Com-
mittee and so had some background plan-
ning in it.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: All right, Mrs.
Richardson's motion is before us. The first
motion passed, it came from the commit-
tee. The other came from the floor. The
motion that Mrs. Richardson made—if you
approve that calendar item-what was the
number? E? Petition 652 was what she
called for, for consideration for tomorrow.
If you favor putting that on the calendar
tomorrow, please vote now as the num-
bers appear. And the motion lost. It will
not appear on the calendar tomorrow. All
right. Brother Bevan, anything else?
JOHN BEVAN: Yes, the tentative
calendar for tomorrow now stands: first
item of business, following worship, is at
9 a.m. we will hear the special report from
the Missional Priority Coordinating Com-
mittee and the Commission on Religion
and Race, which was voted yesterday as an
order of the day for tomorrow. We then
will have a report from the Courtesies
Committee. We'll move to calendar items
and, given the action that just has been ap-
proved, we can anticipate returning to the
legislative committees at 11 o'clock
tomorrow morning. Let me repeat, at the
strong urging of the chairpersons of the
legislative committees this morning, that
a lot of work is yet to be done in commit-
tees. Many committees expect to be going
until midnight or later tomorrow night to
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complete their work, and they need all the
time they can get yet today and tomorrow
in committees.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: Dr. Bcvan,
about today, what is your recommenda-
tion? You want us to wait until eleven or
you want us to
JOHN BEVAN: We recommend that we
ac^oum immediately now to committees.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: All right. Hold
your places now. We have some tm-
nouncements; we also have an an-
nouncement regarding the presiding
officer for tomorrow. We'll hear from Mr.
Walker and then I'll have announcements
from the Secretary.
JAMES WALKER (Southwest Texas):
Bishop Blackburn and fellow delegates,
your Committee on Presiding Officers is
pleased to announce that our presiding of-
ficer for tomorrow morning's session will
be Bishop Lecntine T. C. Kelly of the San
Francisco Area.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: All right.
Bishop Kelly will preside tomorrow morn-
ing. In a moment we'll have oiu- closing
prayer. I want to thank Bishop Earl Himt
and Bishop Paul Duffey for supporting me
during this time. I see ... Microphone 13
and I see some cards here. All right.
JOY PERRY (Virginia): This is just
some information I wanted to know as to
what has been done about the request to
have the bishops from the autonomous
churches be seated in a different area. I
was wondering if anything had been done
about that, any arrangements made? I
think it's an important thing.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: That comes
under the Commission on the General
Conference. Is there a person on the stage
that represents that commission to
respond. Ms. Alguire, is she here? All
right. Ms. Alguire is coming to
microphone 4, please.
FRANCES ALGUIRE (Northern D-
linois): Many of the bishops from
autonomous churches have the privilege
of voice, but not vote. They are seated with
the delegation body so they will be not
denied that privilege.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: All right.
Thank you, Ms. Alguire. All right, over
here. Microphone 4.
RALPH BATES (North Alabama): This
may be a personal privilege. Bishop Lloyd
C. Knox of the Birmingham Area is unable
to attend the General Conference due to
emergency knee surgery. I suggest that
greetings be sent to Bishop and Mrs. Knox
from the General Conference. Thank you.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: Very good,
thank you, and I'm sure that will be done
by our secretary. All right, way back in the
far comer. I see your card. Come to
microphone 15.
RODOLFO C. BELTRAN (Middle
Philippines): I would like to present the
motion. May I move that all sermons of all
the bishops and all morning worship ser-
vices in this General Conference, starting
April 26, 1988 to May 6, 1988, be printed
in full text in the DCA. Ifthereisasecond
I want to speak.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: All right. You
have a second. You can speak to it, please,
sir.
BELTRAN: Mr. Chairman, I found out
that the sermons delivered by our bishops
in this General Conference are wonderful,
marvelous and full of message and, there-
fore, these sermons should be distributed
in the entire international jurisdiction in
the entire world. Second, that these ser-
mons should be the pattern and guide of
our lay leaders and ministers, not only of
The United Methodist Church, but all the
persons who serve in this work. Thank
you.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: All right I
think it's proper that Ms. Alguire again
come to the microphone and respond for
the commission. Everything that goes in
the DCA must have the approval of this
commission. Ms. Alguire, would you
please come? Yes, thank you, microphone
4.
ALGUIRE: Bishop Blackburn, I was
writing my..
BISHOP BLACKBURN: I'm sorry, the
request is that the messages of the
bishops, the worship services messages, be
printed in the DCA each day, or during
this time.
ALGUIRE: I am sure if you would ask
the body for their support they would vote
unanimously.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: You recom-
mend that the body vote rather than the
commission to decide.
ALGUIRE: I would move that this
recommendation be approved.
BISHOP BLACKBURN: In other
words, you second his - we've got the mo-
tion before us. Any further discussion? All
right, if you'll vote now as the numbers ap-
pear on the screen. All right. You have
voted to do this, and Brother Duffey says
he'll have to get busy with his notes. Okay.
All right. And I'm told there are no an-
nouncements from the secretary. I'm
going to call on a former professor of mine
who taught me in seminary more years
ago than I want to admit here and who
also has been a colleague of mine in the
Council of Bishops for sixteen years,
Bishop Mack Stokes, to come and lead us
in our closing prayer. Will you stand please
for the prayer?
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Daily Christian Advocate
THE GENERAL CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Vol. VII
St. Louis, Missouri, Monday, May 2, 1988
No. 6
Good Morning!
Conference Heads Into the Home Stretch
OK on Africa University highlights Saturday action
Their first major action behind them,
delegates begin this morning a week of
plenary sessions seeking to complete the
business of the General Conference by
the scheduled adjournment at 10 p.m.
Friday.
The week gets off to a busy start with
a full morning agenda beginning at 9
a.m. Bishop James S. Thomas of the
Ohio East Area, senior active bishop in
the church, will be in the chair.
(continued on page 195)
Agenda
Monday, May 2
8:30 a.m.
Worship
9:00 a.m.
Report: Advance For
9:10
Nominations:
University Senate
General Council on
Finance & Administration
9:30 a.m.
Courtesies
9:35 a.m.
Calendar Items:
Consent Calendar #2
10:30 a.m.
Homosexuality
12:30 p.m
Recess for Lunch
2:30 p.m.
Call to Order
2:35 p.m.
Calendar Items
5:00 p.m.
Recess for Dinner
7:30 p.m.
Call to Order
7:35 p.m.
Ballot for
Secretary-designate
7:50 p.m.
General Council on
8:50 p.m.
Calendar Items
9:45 p.m.
Agenda Committee
Report
Committee Report
Adjournment
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The Sonshine Senior High Choir of the Brentwood (Tenn.) UMC, will participate in today's worship. The choir, made up of over 100 senior high stu-
dents in grades 9-12, rehearse each week and participate in their church's 9:45 a.m. service. The choir sings for several events in the Nashville area,
as well as an eight-day tour each summer. The director of the choir is Marl< Acker, director of music ministries, and Karen McCarty is the accom-
panist. The Senior High Choir is a part of a total junior and senior choir program including choirs, ensembles, and handbells, which involve over
175 high school students.
Monday Worship
Leaders from Michigan,
Arizona
Bishop Judith Craig and the Rev. De-
Wane Zimmerman will lead worship as
the 1988 General Conference moves into
its second week.
Bishop Craig serves the Michigan
Area. She preaches at 8:30 a.m. in Cer-
vantes Convention Center.
A graduate of 'William Jewell College,
Eden Theological Seminary and Union
Theological Seminary, Bishop Craig
began her pastoral career in 1972 serv-
ing a congregation in Cleveland, Ohio.
She was director of the East Ohio Con-
ference Council on Ministries when
elected to the episcopacy in 1984.
Bishop Craig was a delegate to the
1980 and 1984 General Conferences.
She serves on the General Commission
on the Status and Role of Women.
Preaching at 2:30 p.m. today at St.
Patrick's Catholic Church is Mr. Zim-
merman. The church is one block west
of the convention center on 7th Street.
First reserve clergy delegate in the
Desert Southwest delegation, Mr. Zim-
merman is completing his 11th year as
senior pastor of First United Methodist
Church, Phoenix, Ariz. He serves on the
General Board of Higher Education and
Ministry.
Mr. Zimmerman has served churches
in California and Arizona. He was also
superintendent of the San Diego District
and conference director of church and
university in the former Southern
California-Arizona Conference.
After graduating from Whitworth Col-
lege, Spokane, Wash., Mr. Zimmerman
earned a master of theology degree at the
Graduate School of Theology of the
University of Southern California.
Liturgist this afternoon will be Rene
Pino, a member of the Oregon-Idaho
delegation and an educational consult-
ant in Portland, Ore.
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DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
195
(Home Stretch from page 193)
Highlighting Monday morning are a
presentation on the Advance program of
"second mile" giving; election of a
General Conference secretary for the
1992 session; receiving of nominations
from the CouncO of Bishops for the Judi-
cial CouncO and University Senate; and,
at 10:30 a.m., a special order of the day
to consider all proposals related to
homosexuality.
By an electronic vote count of 855 to
121, the conference Saturday morning
approved launching of the first-ever
United Methodist-related university in
Africa. The project then was referred to
the General Council on Finance and Ad-
ministration for consideration of fund-
ing and recommendation later in the ses-
sion.
Bishop Emilio de Carvalho of Angola
called the university project "an African
dream.. .born in Africa of African vision."
j Design and leadership of the school will
come from Africa, he said.
The program has been under develop-
ment in the Board of Higher Education
and Ministry for the past four years in
response to the urging of Bishop de Car-
I valho and other bishops in Africa.
I Bishop F. Herbert Skeete, PhUadel-
phia, president of the board, called the
proposal "one of the most exciting mis-
sional opportunities we have faced in
years." The church in Africa, he added,
"stands on the threshold of a new and ex-
citing time."
The university is expected to be located
in Zimbabwe, jJthough formal approval
from that country has yet to be given.
The conference was told that while the
formal OK has not been received. Presi-
dent Robert Mugabe and other high
government officials welcome the idea.
The proposal asks an apportionment
of $5 million per year during the 1989-92
quadrennium. Additional funds will be
sought from philanthropic interests and
other sources.
No delegate spoke in opposition to the
university during the brief debate.
In addition to the historic endorse-
ment for the first denominationally re-
lated university in Africa, the delegates
shared in another bit of history Saturday
morning. Bishop Leontine T.C. Kelly,
San Francisco, was in the chair, the first
black woman bishop ever to preside over
a General Conference. A standing ova-
tion greeted her introduction.
In the other major Saturday morning
business, the conference saw and heard
a report on the 1985-88 missional
priority on developing and strengthen-
ing ethnic minority congregations. The
large-screen video equipment was used
to good advantage in the presentation.
The conference was told that the
priority has enabled a renewed vision for
church growth within the entire
denomination, and helped ethnic
minority congregations to feel they are
"an integral part of the connection."
The delegates also passed swiftly on
Saturday the first batch of items on the
consent calendar on which there had
been no negative votes in legislative
committees.
-Robert Lear
Preachers for Worship
Services
Preachers for the remaining offi-
cial worship services of the 1988
General Conference are listed
below. The 8:30 a.m. services are
held in Cervantes Convention
Center, preceded by a 10-minute
choir concert. The 2:30 p.m. ser-
vices at St. Patrick's Catholic
Church, one block west of the con-
vention center on 7th Street, begin
with a 2 p.m. concert,
Monday, May 2
8:30 a.m.: Bishop Judith Craig
2:30 p.m.: The Rev. DeWane Zim-
merman
Tuesday, May 3
8:30 a.m.: Ecumenical Service
2:30 p.m.: The Rev. Hae Jong Kim
Wednesday, May 4
8:30 a.m.: Bishop John Wesley
Hardt
2:30 p.m.: The Rev. Charlene
Kammerer
Thursday, May 5
8:30 a.m.: Bishop Roy I. Sano
2:30 p.m.: The Rev. Leonard Sweet
Friday, May 6
8:30 a.m.: Bishop Calvin D.
McConnell
No afternoon service
Zion's Songs
1. Sisters come create a space
where we can be free
Loving women with our songs
healing through the likes
of you and me, healing
through the likes of you and me.
2. Exiled in the wilderness
We can stay alive,
Search for ways to bless the earth;
Give each other power to survive
3. Driven from our temple home.
Faith's new day begins
Unjust structures left behind;
Wholeness giving birth to God within
4. Come, transform the wilderness
Overturn the lies.
Weaving songs that speak our truth;
God takes shape before our very eyes.
5. Claiming our identities
Bridging all our fears
Celebrating passions bright;
Sisters in the desert, home is here.
Chorus:
Bring your battered spirit
Bring your broken dreams
Bring your clouded vision we will sing, restore, redeem
Zion's songs are meant for Babylon
Copyright 1984 Penny Penrose
Music composed by Susan Beehler
196
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
May 2, 1988
Please check for messages daily on in-
formation and message center bulletin
board. Please inform Conference Infor-
mation and Message Center of location
and time of any meetings or gatherings.
In celebration of the 40th anniversary
of the Advance, the GCOM Advance
Committee is providing coffee and
cookies for delegates during the morning
break, Monday, May 2. Delegates and
visitors are invited to stop Monday and
Tuesday by the Advance tent, adjacent
to the Convention Center, on the north-
east corner of Convention Plaza and
Seventh Street, where free coffee and
literature about the Advance will be
available.
All general agency staff women are in-
vited to a continental breakfast on Wed-
nesday, May 4 from 7:30-9:00 a.m. in the
Grant Room, Mezzanine Level,
Sheraton Hotel. The breakfast is hosted
by staff women of the General Board of
Pensions.
The Northern Illinois Conference din-
ner will be held on Wednesday, May 4,
5:45 p.m. at the Salad Bowl Restaurant,
3949 Lindell Blvd. All persons related to
the Northern Illinois Conference are in-
vited. A bus for the Salad Bowl will begin
loading at 5:15 in front of the Conven-
tion Center. At the restaurant, par-
Announcements
ticipants are requested to go through the
cafeteria line and then to a private room
reserved for NIC.
The Seattle Area delegation and
friends will meet in the Laclede Room of
the Sheraton Hotel to honor Bishop and
Mrs. Melvin G. Talbert. Dinner will be
served at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday May 4.
Other special guests are Florence (Mrs.
Everett) Palmer and retired Bishop and
Mrs. Wilbur W.Y. Choy. Paid reserva-
tions are necessary.
The chair of the Commission on
Central Conference Affairs is calling a
meeting of the commission on Monday,
May 2 at 1 p.m. in Room 126 to deal with
new petitions referred to it.
Delegates and members of the Central
Illinois and Southern Illinois conferen-
ces will hold a dinner Wednesday, May 4
at 6 p.m. at the Radisson Hotel. Bishop
and Mrs. Woodie W. White will be the
honored guest.
The North Central council directors
and spouses will gather for dinner at the
Sheraton Hotel, Eads Room, Tuesday,
May 3 at 5:30 p.m. Reservations to Don
Jones, Section C, Row 8, Seat 6.
The General Council on Finance and
Administration will meet immediately
following the Tuesday evening session,
May 3, in Room 275 in the Convention
Center. The Council will meet for lunch
on Wednesday, May 4, in the Boulevard
B Room at the Sheraton Hotel.
"New Scarritt" briefing will be held
Tues., May 3 at 1:15 p.m. in Room 274.
Cervantes Center friends, graduates and
interested persons invited.
All current seminary students are in-
vited to attend an informal gathering at
the Old Spaghetti Factory, 727 N. 1st St.
(Lacledes Landing), Tuesday, May 3
after the afternoon session, 5 p.m. Fur-
ther details on the message board.
The Washington Area delegation and
others from the Baltimore and Penin-
sula conferences will meet on Thursday,
May 5 at 5:30 p.m. for dinner at the
Sheraton Hotel. Bishop Joseph H.
Yeakel will be the honored guest. Reser-
vations may be made by contacting
Byron Brought, Room 2009, Holiday Inn
Riverside or Gordon Stapleton, Room
927, Sheraton Hotel.
Members and staff of the General
Commission on Religion and Race are
requested to bring lunch and meet in
Room 260 on Monday, May 2, 12:30-2:30
p.m.
Convention Center
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Curriculum Consultants
Available
Delegates and visitors have been stop-
ping by the curriculum resources area
to talk with the consultants. The
resources are available for review or
purchase in the resource area, located
in the Cokesbury bookstore. Orion N.
Hutchinson, editor of church school
publications, will be present in the
resource area on Wednesday, May 4
^; from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p..m.
Delegates and visitors are invited to
meet him and discuss church school
resources.
Orion Hutchinson reviews resources
with Joy and Jimmy Carr of Jackson,
Mississippi.
May 2, 1988
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
197
Deaconesses Celebrate 100 Years of Service
When Gene Maxwell decided, as
teenager growing up in Williamsport,
Pa., that she wanted to serve the church
officially, becoming a deaconess was her
only option.
Today, at the age of 62, she continues
to feel "called" to this lay ministry. Max-
well now serves as director of the
Syracuse, N.Y., office of the Women's
Division, General Board of Global Mini-
stries.
The 100th anniversary of the deaco-
nesses of The United Methodist Church
is being recognized this year with a
celebration planned in Kansas City,
August 3-7.
"I feel they [deaconesses] are still very
relevant for the church's ministry," said
Lula Garrett, assistant general secretary
for institutional ministries in the Na-
tional Division, which oversees the
program. "There will need to be some
modifications, responding to today's
needs."
One of those needs is to draw younger
women to the vocation of deaconess.
Currently, the number of retired deaco-
nesses"232"is greater than the 91
women still active in their commitment.
Women in the early American
Methodist churches sought to increase
their roles by first establishing foreign
missions and then building home mis-
sions. Deaconess work was officially
recognized by the General Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1888
and became the largest department of
service within 10 years.
Other churches which eventually be-
came part of The United Methodist
Church also established the position of
deaconess during the late 1800s or early
1900s. In the early 1900s, national train-
ing schools, now defunct, also had been
set up for deaconesses, including schools
for black deaconesses.
The early deaconesses routinely
worked in decayed, blighted areas, deal-
ing with such issues as poverty, un-
employment, sickness, and crime.
Today's deaconesses find their own
employment, often in church-related or-
ganizations or agencies. Some have
secular jobs in the areas of health care,
social work, or education.
Ms. Maxwell started out as a church
and community worker in Wisconsin.
She joined the Women's Division in
1960 and has served in several capacities
there.
As a diaconal minister, Ms. Maxwell
considers herself to be just as called by
God to work in the church as someone
who has been ordained. She believes the
absence of "reverend" in front of her
name allows her to be more accessible to
the concerns of lay people.
According to Ms. Maxwell, the connec-
tion between deaconesses in the United
States and other parts of the world is im-
portant. She notes that in many
countries, being a deaconess remains the
only official way for women to serve in
the church. "It's given us a difTerent pic-
ture of the world situation. . . and how
women in particular struggle in those
countries," she said about the interna-
tional relationship of the deaconesses.
-Linda Bloom
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DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
May 2, 1988
Media Event Helps Church Tell Its Story
General Conference is United
Methodism's "media event" of the quad-
rennium, and communicators have as-
sembled in full force with staff and volun-
teers to "help the church tell its story."
■The 11 days in St. Louis offer the
church one of its finest opportunities to
witness to the gospel in the general
public as well as within the church fami-
ly," according to Roger L. Burgess,
general secretary of United Methodist
Communications (UMCom).
The public news media will inevitably
focus on the more controversial issues
such as homosexuality, the hymnal, and
a revised theological statement, but
there will be no limit to their interests,
Burgess added. "With more than 300
church and public media representatives
attending at least part of the conference,
delegates and observers have an unusual
opportunity," he said.
In keeping with its mandate to "help
the church tell its story," UMCom is
providing services for delegates, produc-
ing extensive "Catch the Spirit" coverage,
preparing news releases and a radio hot-
line, supplying TV production services
for annual conference spokespersons,
and assisting church and public media
representatives.
UMCom is producing daily 15-minute
"Catch the Spirit" summaries of General
Conference activities, which are being
broadcast continuously from 6:30 to 7:30
a.m. on the in-room channels.
The "Catch the Spirit" team will
produce two 30-minute programs from
General Conference to air nationally on
four cable networks the weeks of May 1
and May 8. Crews will cover conference
activities and interview delegates about
their views on the issues. A videotape
based on these two programs can be or-
dered from the General Conference
Resources sales booth, just outside The
United Methodist Publishing House dis-
play.
Good News Television, based in
Macon, Ga., is producing videotapes of
the Episcopal and Lay Addresses and
morning worship services, as well as a
longer video simimaiy of the quadrennial
assembly. These resources can also be or-
dered at the General Conference Resour-
ces booth.
The news room, always a beehive of ac-
tivity, is providing services in three lan-
guages: English, Spanish and Korean.
Tom McAnally, United Methodist News
Service director, said about 100 news
stories will be produced and distributed
to accredited press representatives in St.
Louis and by computer to subscribers of
Circuit Writer, the denomination's com-
puter network.
InfoServ, the WATS information ser-
vice, is making available a daily taped
message in three languages (English,
Spanish, Korean), giving highlights of ac-
tivities. Call 615-742-5125 to receive it.
InfoServ staff will be on hand, as always,
to answer specific questions.
As in previous General Conference ses-
sions. The United Methodist Publishing
House is producing the Daily Christian
Advocate, which is the principal legisla-
tive tool for the assembly. DCA Editor J.
Richard Peck said this is the first con-
ference to use desk-top publishing for the
daily editions. The DCA team numbers
35 persons.
-Beverly Judge
Coordinating news room operations Is United IVlethodist News Service Director Thomas McAnally
(left), conferring here with assistant Inday Day and UMNS Washington office director Robert Lear,
author of each day's roundup story on page 1 of the DCA.
Discussing a Catch the Spirit segment at General Conference, from left: Producers Kathleen La-
Camera and Bill Dale, director Bruno Caliandro, and executive producer Nelson Price.
(James Steele photos).
May 2, 1988
DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
199
Noted clergyman's career spans nearly 50 years,
including 20 years on high court, 3 church unions
It's a unique record.
For nearly a half-century, Hoover
Rupert has observed the denomination
and its top legislative assembly, while at
the same time compiling an enviable
record as pastor, denominational execu-
tive, and writer.
Now a resident of Lakeland, Fla., Dr.
Rupert's church service spans 49 years
and three major chiu-ch unions. And
when the gavel falls on this conference
May 6, he will bring to a dose 20 years of
service on the Judicial Council. The
youngest person ever seated on the
church's highest bench, his two decades
is the longest tenure of any Judicial
Coimcil member, including 12 years as
secretary (also a record).
When three branches of Methodism
united in 1939 at Kansas City, Mo., he
was present as a student member of the
Boston University School of Theology's
seminary singers. With other
choristers, he was back in 1940 for the
first General Conference of the
Methodist Church.
In every quadrennial session since, ex-
cept 1952 when he was a newcomer to
Michigan Methodism, Dr. Rupert has
had a responsibility in the legislative as-
semblies ~ member of the host commit-
tee; consvdtant on youth work; delegate;
and since 1968, a member of the Judicial
Council.That historic year saw uniting
of the Methodist and Evangelical United
Brethren churches in Dallas.
Asked by the DCA to compare the
General Conferences of 1968 and 1988,
Dr Rupert noted both differences and
similarities.
"Delegates are more sophisticated
today," he said. "With the Advance DCA,
they're doing their homework and bet-
ter xmderstand the issues. Moreover, I
don't remember delegation meetings
Hoover Rupert
dealing with issues," he added. And in
recent years. Dr. Rupert sees General
Conference as being more inclined to
trust and accept the recommendations
of legislative committees.
Some things haven't changed. "The
assemblies continue to have about a 50
percent turnover from one quadrennia
to the next," he explained.
Asked whether he sees more tension
between opposing viewpoints than in
past sessions, the veteran pastor spoke
of growth in the number of caucuses as
creating more tension. There were no
caucuses on the scene in 1968 he said, ad-
ding that, "they don't have nearly the in-
fluence they think they have. Their
propaganda doesn't really affect the
voting," he observed.
During his career. Dr. Rupert has lec-
tured on more than 100 college cam-
puses and in 20 pastors' schools, in addi-
tion to preaching in several countries
throughout the world. He has written
church school curriculum, magazine
columns and 17 books, one of which sold
130,000 copies and another that now is
in its fifth printing.
He served long pastorates in three of
the largest congregations in the North
Central Jurisdiction, and spent five
years as the church's national director of
youth work.
Since "retiring" in 1983, he has taught
Bible courses at United Methodist-re-
lated Florida Southern College in
Lakeland.
Bom in Madison, N.J., Dr. Rupert,
now 70, spent part of his chOdhood with
his missionary parents in India. Settling
in Kansas, he graduated from United
Methodist-related Baker University in
Baldwin City.
He married Hazel P. Senti in 1941 and
held pastorates in Kansas and Mas-
sachusetts before beginning five years
with the denomination's youth depart-
ment in 1945.
His local church ministry included
nine years at the 2,600-member First
UMC, Jackson, Mich.; 13 years at the
2,800-member Ann Arbor First UMC;
and 11 years at the 2,400-member First
UMC in Kalamazoo, after which he
began teaching at Lakeland.
In addition to degrees from Baker and
Boston University, Dr. Rupert holds
three honorary degrees and in 1969
received the Distinguished Alumnus
Award from Boston.
Looking ahead, he does not - he notes
~ "plan to go into basket-weaving, or
checkers, or (perish the thought)
solitaire, ...but count on it, I shall not
meekly acquiesce to in activity!"
-Robert Lear/Bette Prestwood/James
Steele
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